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Remote desktop from anywhere - how to

Reach the screen or the terminal of your computer at home or in the office from your phone - without a VPN and without opening a port. Pick your computer: Francesca shows each way step by step.

Before you continue with this tutorial

Make sure you set up the connection first - Francesca shows it in the first tutorial:

First stepsConnect to a networkFrancesca · at her deskFirst steps with AwacinoFrancesca shows how to test Awacino in a few minutes: two devices, two networks, one beam - and from her phone on mobile data she reaches the Raspberry Pi on her desk.Open the tutorial

What you need

  1. Remote desktop switched on at the computer: Screen Sharing on the Mac, Remote Desktop on Windows Pro and Linux, a VNC server on Windows Home - or Remote Login (SSH) for the terminal.
  2. Awacino on the computer and on your phone, signed in with the same account.
  3. A remote desktop app on the phone: a VNC client like RDM, the Windows App for RDP, or an SSH app like WebSSH.

Pick your computer

Francesca · Awacino connectedRemote desktop to your Mac - from anywhereFrancesca shows how to reach your Mac's screen from your phone: switch on Screen Sharing on the Mac, connect with Awacino, and open the Mac in a VNC client - without a VPN and without opening a port.Open the tutorial Francesca · Awacino connectedRemote desktop to Windows Home - from anywhereWindows Home cannot be a remote desktop host. Francesca shows the way around: a VNC server on the PC, Awacino on the phone - here an Android phone - and a VNC client. No VPN and no open port.Open the tutorial Francesca · Awacino connectedRemote desktop to Windows Pro - from anywhereWindows Pro has Remote Desktop built in. Francesca shows how to switch it on, connect with Awacino and open the PC in the Windows App - without a VPN and without opening a port.Open the tutorial Francesca · Awacino connectedRemote desktop to Linux - from anywhereModern Linux desktops like Ubuntu have RDP built in. Francesca shows how to turn it on, connect with Awacino and open the computer in the Windows App - without a VPN and without opening a port.Open the tutorial Francesca · Awacino connectedConnecting to the terminal of your Mac - from anywhereFrancesca shows how to open a terminal on your Mac from your iPhone: switch on Remote Login (SSH) on the Mac, connect with Awacino, and log in with an SSH app like WebSSH - without a VPN and without opening a port.Open the tutorial
Free RDP and free VNC

Recommended software for remote desktop

Awacino needs no VPN and works with the free remote desktop software you already know - RDP and VNC. These are the ones we recommend:

iPhone, iPad and Android

VNC: Remote Desktop Manager (RDM) by Devolutions
App StoreGoogle Play

RDP: the Windows App by Microsoft
App StoreGoogle Play

Mac

No extra software: nothing is faster than the built-in Screen Sharing, an optimised VNC.

Apple: turn Screen Sharing on

Windows Home

To reach the PC: install a free VNC server - TightVNC or UltraVNC.
TightVNCUltraVNC

FreeRDP: a free, open-source RDP client.
FreeRDP

Windows Pro

Use the built-in Remote Desktop - nothing to install.

Microsoft: how to use Remote Desktop

Linux

Use the built-in remote desktop: Desktop Sharing (RDP) in the settings and the Remmina client.
GNOME: share your desktopUbuntu: access a remote desktop

Or install an RDP or VNC server: xrdp or TigerVNC.
xrdpTigerVNC