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To all my linux peeps... and don't get on me about which OS and better and all that crap!

Anyway, until I decide on a new laptop, I am using my dad's old machine running Windows 10. I also have an old desktop with a first-gen core i3, 8gb ram, 500gb HDD. What I'd like to do is run linux on the desktop and remote into it from my laptop. Is there a good way to RDP in to linux from Windows and preserve the full experience (like RDP from Windows to Windows)?

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  • 2
    I saw someone at work remote into linux gui from windows using ThinLinc. I've never used it.
  • 2
    I think Teamviewer might also have limited linux support.
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    @itsnameless dare I ask what you were thinking about me?
  • 1
    VNC?
    With least configuration, RealVNC is a solution.
    For hardcore in-depth brainfuck(if new to this) config, go for TigerVNC.
  • 2
    *server config is all you need to do.

    Install RealVNC viewer on your Android and windows to get remote access.
    Don't forget to chill your firewall to allow access to server port.
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    @MissDirection I agree with @kabhishek concerning a VNC server setup for a full desktop experience (and/or TeamViewer maybe? I'm almost sure it works just as well with Linux as with other OSes, but not *entirely* sure @chadd17), ssh as far as I know can't give the full desktop experience unfortunately (you can run graphical applications somehow, I'm almost sure, but still not extremely intuitive...)
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    @chilledfrogs x server forwarding via SSH will get you GUI programs installed in your Linux. XMing(something like that is required in windows to fetch the specific GUI of program, say Firefox? Gedit? Or anything, one at a time!) Not so good.

    TeamViewer is only good for remote work as it will eat up the bandwidth and you need to have decent internet speed.
    VNC works on LAN, flawlessly.

    Cheers!
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    @kabhishek I think what I saw was X server forwarding, in any case it was a rather laggy rendition of Cadence through SSH, so yeah 😅
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    In the past, I've used something VNC to achieve this. Maybe TigerVNC?
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    @AlexDeLarge because my dad wants Windows on it. When I finally get my machine, that will be a different story. So in the meantime, I will use the desktop as my playground to fuck around with, break, and fix linux.
  • 2
    I am using such thing for one of my servers because it doesn't support VNC. Let me take a look when I get home! (few minutes out)
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    @chilledfrogs Teamviewer works fine with (and installable from the site) most linux distro's I thought, at least with debian based distro's :)
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    @itsnameless @MissDirection *starts entering protection mode*
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    @MissDirection Are you going to work FROM a windows system?
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    Perhaps x11vnc for the penguin and your own favorite VNC client for the Windows?
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    @linuxxx yes. I want to remotely access the Linux box from the Windows laptop.
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    @MissDirection I'd say, install a VNC server on your linux box and install a general VNC viewer, that'd work I think :).
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    @missDirection if you want to play around with some Linux distro consider to have proxmox installed on the desktop. It's a virtualization server. You can run multiple OSs in a viral network and access them with the built in vnc server. I use it as a playground for pentesting on an old machine and it's pretty good to me.
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    Also the vnc is served via browser, so no client needed on Windows.
  • 1
    Try x2go, it doesn't get easier imo
  • 0
    GIGABYTE AERO 15!!!
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