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.

  • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    I’d figure out why RDP stopped working. Sounds like something changed.

    Anything else could be stymied by the same things that blocked RDP - firewall change, etc.

    I’ve used other tools since before RDP even existed as Citrix Remote Desktop in the 90’s… Frankly for LAN only there’s little reason to consider anything else with Windows boxes unless you want remote management features like services, shares, etc. Even then I often just use RDP because it just works.

    Edit: ah, I had it backwards, your server is Linux and your laptop is Windows.

    I’d use VNC, or just ssh for most stuff.