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Well, I want to be able to see the screen so that I can talk my grandma through stuff. I have fixed things through SSH and run updates that way too.
X forwarding should let you use GUI apps from the remote computer. Its not quite a full remote desktop experience though. You can see how to set up and use x forwarding on YouTube.
Great, I'll check it out!
I’ve used X11 over SSH before and it works great for some use cases, however it does not work with Wayland, so if their system supports it now, there’s no guarantee it will work after a major system update.
I was curious about that as I haven't tried Wayland yet and its been a while since I've had any reason for an x session via ssh. Glad someone with first hand knowledge could chime in for OP and others as well as myself.
I have heard they are either working on a similar thing for Wayland or already solved it.
This looks promising, but I have not used it before.
How quickly things progress. I'm stuck using X due to nvidia. All will get sorted in time. Thanks for the info!
Yep that’s why I use KDE. It has nVidia support for Wayland.
X forwarding still won't show Grandma's point of view to work through the problem in front of her. It's not a remote desktop experience at all.
Sorry it doesn't work for you. There are other options in this thread to try. Best of luck.