Ask HN: What is the best setup to work remotely with GUI on Linux?

I recommend Parsec. I use it for gaming on remote Windows machines, but the Linux server works well too. I can access from my Chromebook or laptop with enough fidelity and good networking that allows me to do nearly anything.

I still suck at CounterStrike, but that is not the software's fault.

https://parsecgaming.com/

X over SSH works for individual apps you launch from the command line. I do this for Calibre on my home server. I have never tried with a desktop. It is simply a config in the SSH config and then an option when launching SSH.

x2go for opensource or nomachine if you don't mind paying are good options.

They are better than X over ssh and usually a little better than rdp

I'm pretty happy with VNC with JPEG compression (which not all VNC implementations support). Depending on the use-case, I either use TigerVNC `vncserver` (creates a virtual X11 display, in my experience OpenGL performs very poorly), or TigerVNC `x0vncserver` (which attaches to a real/existing X11 display and polls it to serve it over VNC; OpenGL performed normally).

TurboVNC is a fork of TigerVNC that has improved OpenGL performance. I can't comment on it too much.

I either connect to VNC directly on :5900 if I'm on the same LAN, or I `ssh -L5901:localhost:5900 server-box`, then `vncviewer localhost:5901`.

Why not something like TeamViewer?

https://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/linux/

there's nothing acceptable over ssh

you can do steam in-home streaming over zerotier.

it's actually faster than geforce now

i have a raspberry set up so that i can plug it anywhere and work on my home computer

latency is so low that shooters are very much playable

you can use steamlink hardware as a client, or the newish raspberry pi release

AWS has workspaces. They're not super cheap but it's all handled for you.

Browser, mobile, desktop, etc.

I've had decent success using Xpra.

Have you looked into Apache Guacamole (http://guacamole.apache.org/)

Once you install Apache Guacamole on the remote machine, you can access it via your web browser

Well, what varying server / client software did you try? I'm pretty satisfied with xrdp on Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop.

I did not test GPU intensive software, but its easy to install, runs nearly out of the box and client software is available for Windows, Linux and MacOS:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/xrdp

Which VNC implementation(s) did you try? TurboVNC was developed with OpenGL applications in mind. It's from the same developer as VirtualGL, so the two are well-integrated.

It does take some tweaking of the compression parameters for good performance. I also had better luck using its native TLS encryption rather than tunneling over SSH.

GPU and OpenGL intensive? NoMachine Terminal Server - that's what our company uses https://www.nomachine.com/terminal-server

Just want to give a shoutout to my trusty friend Xvfb. Used many times to remotely & automatically operate GUI apps on Linux.

RealVNC Enterprise works fantastic for me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

login into your machine using ssh export your display to your ip xstart and the you'll have the complete remote desktop running on your machine. Of course you'll need a xserver emulator running on your local client.

We use NoMachine at company.