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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.

Edit: I got rustdesk up and running and it's a good solution for my usecase. Thanks for all the tips and suggestions.

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[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I guess another vote for RustDesk. I use it to administer several personal computers that my friends have. They are old heads like me, but unlike me, their tech savvy is lacking. So if they have an issue, I can pop in and help in any way I can. I was using Remote Desktop Assistant for a while, but kept hearing about RustDesk so I gave it a go.

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh my god, you're brilliant! I can have my parents install the rustdesk client on their pc! This is a life changer!

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Um...I would not classify myself as brilliant, but yea...it works.