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Remote Control

SSH

SSH is a protocol that allows you to connect to a remote machine and control it via a terminal.

USAGE

  • STEP 1 - Open a terminal
  • STEP 2 - Type ssh username@hostname
    • username is the username of the remote machine
    • hostname is the hostname of the remote machine, can be an IP address or a domain name

NOTES

  • If you want to use SSH to connect to a remote machine, you need to make sure that the remote machine has an SSH server installed and running!!!

Windows

  • have OpenSSH Server installed, and running
    • 🔗 Get Started With OpenSSH On Windows
      • OpenSSH Client - control other computers from the Windows computer
      • OpenSSH Server - control the Windows computer from other computers
    • Ensure both of them are installed
      • How to do that? Follow the link above
    • Ensure the SSH server is running and can start to run automatically when windows starts up:
      • Step 1 - Open Services
      • Step 2 - Find OpenSSH SSH Server and OpenSSH Authentication Agent
      • Step 3 - Right Click on them and select Start
      • Step 4 - Right Click on them and select Properties
      • Step 5 - Select Automatic in Startup type

Linux - Ubuntu

  • step 1 - install openssh-server
sudo apt-get install openssh-server
  • step 2 - start ssh server
sudo service ssh start
  • step 3 - check if ssh server is running
sudo service ssh status
  • step 4 - enable ssh server to start automatically when system starts up
sudo systemctl enable ssh
  • step 5 - check if ssh server is running
sudo systemctl is-enabled ssh

SOFTWARES

Some softwares can be used to connect to a remote machine via SSH, such as: - Windows - MobaXterm - My favorite SSH client on Windows - PuTTY - Most popular SSH client on Windows - MacOS - Termius - My favorite SSH client on MacOS - Linux - OpenSSH - Most popular SSH client on Linux

VNC

VNC is a protocol that allows you to connect to a remote machine and control it via a GUI.

USAGE

  • STEP 1 - Open a VNC client
  • STEP 2 - Type hostname:port
    • hostname is the hostname of the remote machine, can be an IP address or a domain name
    • port is the port of the VNC server on the remote machine
  • STEP 3 - Enter the password of the VNC server on the remote machine
  • STEP 4 - Control the remote machine via the GUI
  • STEP 5 - Close the VNC client

NOTES

  • If you want to use VNC to connect to a remote machine, you need to make sure that the remote machine has a VNC server installed and running!!!
  • If you don't know how to do that, please google it.

Ubuntu

how to enable VNC on Ubuntu LTS22

SOFTWARES

Some softwares can be used to connect to a remote machine via VNC, such as: - RealVNC - My favorite - TigerVNC

SOFTWARE FOR REMOTE DESKTOP

CrossPlatform

  • RustDesk

    • Open Source
    • Support self-hosted server
    • User friendly
    • The installation and configuration of self-hosted server is a little bit complicated, but the quality is good
    • Public server is not stable
    • Windows to MacOS seems have some problems

  • ToDesk

    • My favorite one! All most can do everything!
    • Highly Recommended!
    • Pretty stable and features high resolution
    • Free for personal use
    • Paid for better user experience
    • For cross country country, better to buy the plugin for that
    • They do have a linux version. I have tried to use this on Linux, but not succeed yet.

  • Sunlogin

    • maybe the best one for China
    • seems cannot be used outside China

  • TeamViewer

    • it always says that I am using it for commercial use, and then it will disconnect me after a few minutes
    • I don't like it

  • AnyDesk

    • sometimes it just not works
    • I don't like it

  • Chrome Remote Desktop

    • I tried this one, but not succeed yet.

Windows

  • [RemoteDesktop]
    • built-in function

MacOS