I have an old pc on which I run jellyfin and some other stuff. It’s only connected through lan. I used to use window’s remotedesktop to connect to it, but that stopped working.

Now I’m looking for a good remote desktop. Because it s tucked away in a corner, fysical acces to it is cumbersome.

My server runs mint with xfce. My laptop runs windows 11, because of work reasons.

I’m inclined to use something like anydesk, but I’m unsure how to trust that company.

  • eli@lemmy.worldEnglish
    93·
    10 hours ago

    Install Tailscale on all devices.

    Then ssh into whatever you need.

    If you need desktop remote access the Windows RDP should work for Windows to Windows machines.

    For Linux host to Windows client I’ve had good experiences with Remmina Desktop.

    • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      8 hours ago

      I hate having to continuously point this out, but DO NOT DO THIS unless you have a deeper understanding of networking.

      “Just installing Tailscale” without proper configuration of the default routes is going to cause all kinds of routing inefficiencies and loopbacks in your internal network that is absolutely unnecessary, especially for what OP asking for.

      This is just bad advice.

        • comrade_twisty@feddit.orgEnglish
          82·
          9 hours ago

          My bad, sorry Canadians!

          I just read a thread on hackernews where a bunch of Europeans where switching to netbird because of migration away from US tech, so I guess that was a mistake on their part.

          • dudesss@lemmy.caEnglish
            22·
            9 hours ago

            The Hackernews company gets shit on a lot by Lemmy and Reddit. From my understanding, they have a lot of bad people who run the company.

            I would just use Lemmy and Reddit instead.

      • Decipher0771@lemmy.caEnglish
        71·
        9 hours ago

        Last I checked Tailscale is Canadian actually….but maybe they got bought out somewhere??