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ssh works fine if you're using it as a server, sure. But sometimes, I want a Linux desktop complete with browser, torrent client, etc. I've considered the alte
by cerberusss 7y ago
ssh works fine if you're using it as a server, sure. But sometimes, I want a Linux desktop complete with browser, torrent client, etc.
I've considered the alternatives but I already remote into other platforms (Mac, Windows) so TeamViewer is already running on my desktop.
- capableweb 7y ago> ssh works fine if you're using it as a server, sure woadwarrior01 only mentioned SSH as a transport to wrap RDP/VNC, both of which are remote desktops, just like TeamViewer. So combining SSH + RDP/VNC, you both get the security of SSH, and the remote desktop part. Windows even comes with RDP (maybe macOS also probably comes with RDP/VNC as well) so even less software to install/maintain!
- cerberusss 7y agoYeah, I got that tunneling was assumed. In fact, VNC is madness without SSH tunneling. However when you look at macOS, the only VNC client that automatically sets up SSH tunneling is Screens. But now comes the trick; one of your machines is behind a NAT. And it's macOS, or Windows, or what have you. No VNC client is going to help you here. With TeamViewer, this just works. There is no open source offering that comes close, to my knowledge, because of the need for a proxy service.
- pnutjam 7y agoI get a linux desktop with x2go. It operates entirely over ssh and is pretty easy to use and setup. It's very secure.