How Do You Run a Desktop Linux from a VPS Remotely?

emg

@Arkas said:
RustDesk ?

@TimboJones said:
You having a stroke?

RustDesk is another remote control solution that I will compare against the others. See:

https://rustdesk.com

wii747

@nocloud said:
webtop in docker would be the safe option imho. you can use UFW or similar to lock the port it's on to your local IP address or IP of our VPN.

Then just access through any browser. You can also use docker compose file to decide how much of the file system is exposed in the browser webtop.

Linuxserver on dockerhub have a pretty well maintained and documented image.
https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/webtop

It uses XFCE desktop which is minimal, but something like gnome or kde would likely be too heavy via a browser.

Its not secure enough to host it on a public domain :-(

wii747

I am giving https://rport.io/ a try. Can remote onto a Linux desktop / windows from a web browser.

Maounique

@wii747 said: Can remote onto a Linux desktop / windows from a web browser.

How is that different from chrome remote desktop?
Not arguing, I just don't know, didn't try that.

wii747

@Maounique said:

@wii747 said: Can remote onto a Linux desktop / windows from a web browser.

How is that different from chrome remote desktop?
Not arguing, I just don't know, didn't try that.

Traffic goes via your own network/servers. Don’t have to rely on Google

Maounique

@wii747 said: Traffic goes via your own network/servers. Don’t have to rely on Google

Hum, the self-hosted idea is great. Thanks, I will look into it.

theraw

@JeDaYoshi said:
NoMachine is good and actually quite usable, but it's closed-source.

Another option I've used is RustDesk, but I've not tried out sharing any Linux desktop with it yet. Let me know if anyone in here tries it out.

Interesting to see n.eko being mentioned in here, but keep in mind that's not a proper "remote desktop sharing" solution - it's a containerised app, which generally spins up a browser on itself, and that's all you're getting access to unless you modify it to run something else.

i was using anydesk but that red "free banner" got annoying so i was looking around and found rustdesk and used it on linux, cool, but screen bit laggy, i tried the self host option still lag was the same didn't notice any changes.