Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!

From Linux to Linux

Command Line Mode Using ssh

1. Using X forwarding, you can also run GUI applications on the server. This is not recommended unless it's short quick work.

Remote File System

• nfs

  • NFS has better performance (compared to sshfs and samba) but it's less secured.

• sshfs

  • You'd better use a mount point which you have full access to, otherwise, you have use the root user to access the mount point.

  • You'd better add yourself to the fuse (which is required by sshfs) group.

• samba

Remote Desktop

• NoMachine

• rustdesk

• VNC (e.g., vino or tight vnc, remmina)

• Teamviewer

From Linux to Windows

Remote Desktop

• Remmina

• rdesktop

• NoMachine

• Teamviewer

Remote File System

• SAMBA

  • Open nautilus file manager and press CTRL + L to show the address field.

  • Type in smb://host_name/folder in the address field and press enter.

  • Type in your user name and password in the prompt to login.

From Windows to Linux

Comand Line Mode Using ssh

Remote File System

• SAMBA

Remote Desktop

• NoMachine