Remote Desktop - What's the best way?

[andreasj64]

I'm sending a computer off to my g-friends daughter this week, and I want to access the desktop remotely. Never done it before, and was wondering what the best apps were, and how you do this.

[kjjjjshab]

Re: Remote Desktop - What's the best way?

http://www.tightvnc.com/ worked for me in the past...

KDE ships krfb/krdc... never used it.

Lifehacker just had this up for discussion... you might find some info there...
http://lifehacker.com/5080121/five-b...-desktop-tools
(only one for linux, but you might find something good in the comments)

[Dorgendubal]

Re: Remote Desktop - What's the best way?

VNC is always a good solution (specially for Windows systems).

For Linux machines, I recommend the use of "ssh -X".

Install it by executing:

sudo apt-get install openssh-server

Then deploy your public key in her .ssh/authorized_keys
Finally, you can administrate her machine with ssh:

ssh username@ipaddress -X

(I use this way to fix issues on the computer of my wife )

[toad]

Re: Remote Desktop - What's the best way?

I find the -X option on ssh painfully slow but haven't found a solution yet. So far I've been using NX NoMachine but can't be arsed to fiddle around with it any more. Anybody got a simpler solution for a remote desktop?

I am pretty sure I've seen a solution on this forum for krdc but cannot find it

Any hints much appreciated.