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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What Remote Desktop tool works for you in Wayland? Found none Working well on Wayland (Maybe I did something wrong when I tried VNC and RDP)

[–] w2tpmf 3 points 1 year ago

This has been my first struggle with Wayland. Used to be able to enable remote desktop with a single check box in most distros, then VNC into it from a Windows PC no problem. It's a real hassle now and glitchy at best once it's up and going. I gave up and have been using Anydesk to remote access a machine, and even that wasn't simple to get going.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honest answer? Steam RemotePlay

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But this is only for games, isn’t it?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In the Steam Link app, you have the option to select "Start Streaming" without picking a specific game. This will stream the screen as it is without binding to a specific window.

The main caveats here are as follows:

  • Requires a working pipewire & desktop portal configuration
  • Depending on desktop portal & settings, you may need to manually click through the screensharing request modal on your desktop at the start of each connection
  • The Steam client must be installed and running on your Linux machine in order to receive connections
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only time I RDP is to my Windows machine for gaming and I've had great success with Remmina

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, yea, was thinking the other way around: I want my GNOME session streamed to an iPad, that I can use on the couch. (OpenSuse tumbleweed)

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, can't help you there. I use Firefox tab sync to send browser sessions to other machines so I don't feel the need to RDP into anything to keep a train of thought going.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I see, of course for browsing the web, I would still use a local browser on the iPad. I would use the remotes session for learning different linux/coding things, where SSH is not enough, while I’m not gone in the bureau for several hours but sharing the evening with the family.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Remmina or krdc work fine for me. Also parsec (no hosting there though). Oh if hosting, I'm not sure, but moonlight/sunshine work fine for me, even if it's not the usual desktop sharing app.