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Vnc works for the basic use case of viewing a remote screen. It’s a mess for interactive use, especially with the default implementations you can find on Linux

Vnc works for the basic use case of viewing a remote screen. It’s a mess for interactive use, especially with the default implementations you can find on Linux imo. macOS’s built in screen sharing is the only vnc server/client combo that has acceptable latency but even it fails to support basic features like dynamic resolution for different clients. And I agree that SSH is definitely far more common; I of course use SSH but there are lots of reasons why an interactive desktop is either required, or just far more convenient.

arsome 5y ago
X forwarding via compressed SSH (ssh -XC) is likely the simplest bet, especially now that WSL has good support for it, if you need more advanced remote desktop you can take a look at x2go which is based on NoMachine's NX protocol.
- upbeat_general 5y ago
  I’m currently using NoMachine with their custom server/client. X forwarding via SSH only works for single applications and not an entire desktop correct?
jeroenhd 5y ago
It took me (way too much) effort but I managed to get a pretty stable and smooth RDP server set up on my desktop. Sadly, GNOME3 and RDP don't work well together, so it broke after a random upgrade and hasn't worked since. You used to be able to use X11 forwarding quite well, but most tools I use tend to render their entire screens as a canvas causing way too many unnecessary updates. Wayland also makes it nearly impossible to do this on a modern system without compatibility layers. When RDP on Linux works, it works pretty well. I'd love for someone in the GNOME team to find a way to make RDP compatible and easier to set up. There's a VNC setting in the settings somewhere, but VNC is pretty insecure and terrible for interactive work.
renox 5y ago
On Windows tigerVNC has dynamic resolution which is very useful, but yes VNC’s latency is poor..
- upbeat_general 5y ago
  It’s truly amazing how good windows default RDP is in contrast. Unfortunately, I don’t ever plan to use windows…

arsome 5y ago

X forwarding via compressed SSH (ssh -XC) is likely the simplest bet, especially now that WSL has good support for it, if you need more advanced remote desktop you can take a look at x2go which is based on NoMachine's NX protocol.

upbeat_general 5y ago
I’m currently using NoMachine with their custom server/client. X forwarding via SSH only works for single applications and not an entire desktop correct?

jeroenhd 5y ago

It took me (way too much) effort but I managed to get a pretty stable and smooth RDP server set up on my desktop. Sadly, GNOME3 and RDP don't work well together, so it broke after a random upgrade and hasn't worked since. You used to be able to use X11 forwarding quite well, but most tools I use tend to render their entire screens as a canvas causing way too many unnecessary updates. Wayland also makes it nearly impossible to do this on a modern system without compatibility layers. When RDP on Linux works, it works pretty well. I'd love for someone in the GNOME team to find a way to make RDP compatible and easier to set up. There's a VNC setting in the settings somewhere, but VNC is pretty insecure and terrible for interactive work.

renox 5y ago

On Windows tigerVNC has dynamic resolution which is very useful, but yes VNC’s latency is poor..

upbeat_general 5y ago
It’s truly amazing how good windows default RDP is in contrast. Unfortunately, I don’t ever plan to use windows…