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Why
Examples of situations when you want to share your desktop
- To access your home computer from your phone or work computer
- To access your work computer from your phone or home computer
- To give or get support - The one needing help share his desktop
Headless server
There are methods to share desktop from a computer that do not have a physical screen connected. This may be useful even when you are close to the server, as you need neither buy or place a monitor.
Do a web search for "vnc headless".
Sharing existing desktop
VNC
VNC replicates an existing desktop on the "server" to a window in a connecting client. Both ends supports many operating systems.
In our repository, search "vnc" and you will find both server and client for both VNC (Wikipedia) and [TigerVNC] (Wikipedia) and some more.
A method to connect via SSH (in French)
More advanced
Some are more or less free to use, see further below links.
NoMachine
Also known as NX Technology.
Mageia Wiki | Wikipedia | Homepage
AnyDesk
TeamViewer
Resources
Mageia forum
Search there...
Tips & Tricks
- Minimise screen update requirement: To minimise load on updating the screen image, avoid things like desktop clock showing seconds, unnecessary animations, etc. This may be an important factor for i.e. VNC over slow connection.
Known problems
From Mageia 8 Errata:
mga#30103 - Video problems with Remote Desktop Tools (VNC, TeamViewer, AnyDesk, etc) Workaround: Firstly, at least TeamViewer and Anydesk are not Wayland compatible, so use Xorg. Problems can often be mitigated by on host computer selecting a lower resolution and/or switching off desktops effects (in for example Plasma: press Shift-Alt-F12), but better: in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, under devices, add Option "LinearFramebuffer".
