Connect to remote PCs from Linux with Remmina

Remmina is a fantastic tool to connect to a remote computer over the network. In this video, I'll show you how to connect to a remote computer using Remmina, via the RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and VNC (Virtual Network Computing) protocols. You can even share a folder and a clipboard between your machine and the remote device. It's super neat!
Helpful links:
Remmina on Flathub: www.flathub.org/apps/details/org.remmina.Remmina
Evan Amos's book, "The Game Console 2.0" (I used his photo of the NES): nostarch.com/game-console-20

[@calebvrunegis]

I love your videos not only because of the knowledge, but also because you speak calmly while being fun and sarcastic. and since you asked, yes please give us a video on ssh tunelling 😉

[@VeronicaExplains]

Thank you!

[@handyandyradio]

I second that comment :)

[@marcosalbertoasisrodriguez7077]

By far one of the best tutorials on Linux distros I've ever encountered 👏👏

[@harishveeramani2907]

Fantastic tutorial. Thank you so much for your work. It would be great to learn more about SSH and port forwarding. Cheers!

[@subhobroto]

Veronica, Belated Thanksgiving! This was a nice introduction to Remmina. I really enjoyed the previous one on KVM/QEMU and think you should dive deeper into KVM/QEMU, potentially provisioning them with Terraform, and orchestrating them with Nomad

[@DeirdreYoung1]

I love Remmina and use it nearly every day. It's right in Add/Remove Software in Manjaro, so super easy to install. To receive Remote Desktop connections the server machine needs Windows Pro or better - no rdp into a Windows Home edition. I didn't know the shared folder feature - thank you very much for that useful trick!

[@VeronicaExplains]

Glad it was helpful! I really enjoy that feature when I'm working with client servers. Easy to move backup files to and from!

[@PowerMechGuyTechMasterEarl]

This was perfect. The flow of the video was easy to keep up with. I actually needed a new program for remote desktop with Linux. I'm definitely gonna check out remmina. God bless you and Happy New Year!!!

[@koendergent6838]

Linux is awesome and so are you! Useful content nicely presented, I love it. I'm looking forward to your future videos.

[@VeronicaExplains]

Thank you!!!!

[@713jandj]

Your videos are awesome! You encouraged me to delve into Linux and I do not regret it.

[@VeronicaExplains]

I'm so glad to hear that!!!

[@spillsndebris]

First I watched your video on Barrier and now Remmina, very nice tools and very well explained. Thank you.

[@VeronicaExplains]

Thank YOU for watching! I hope you found the videos useful!

[@ViikramSiingh777]

Very difficult to find an excellent Tutorial - and such a great explanation with full dedication. Thanks for the guidance

[@First.nameLastname]

first video of yours for me to watch -- good content and explanation -- linux has been my daily driver for about 10 years now.

[@williamacuna2189]

I think you are awesome!! The way you explain things in a clear and concise manner.

[@ReviewsforNerds]

Thank you for this video! informative and entertaining as usual. I have never heard of remmina and am now looking to give it a try.

[@VeronicaExplains]

It's a good one! I've really liked it for years.

[@elilanz]

I love your way of presenting, fantastic!

[@kevinescobedo5633]

Great video! Never heard of Remmina before, but it seems like it'd be super useful. I'd love a video on port forwarding and SSH tunneling (when things get better, of course).

[@mathesonstep]

Yes I'd love to learn more about SSH tunneling. Is it as secure as a VPN or should it be used alongside a VPN?

[@AbolfazlSadeghian]

Your videos are very good, I am a fan already. You should keep at it. I am sure this channel will grow fast.

[@Goishen]

Thanks for this video. I had no idea this even existed, despite using Linux for the past number of years.

[@Catchgate]

I really enjoy your 'angry annunciation' presenting style, great video :)

[@bobedgar6647]

The look 👀 is GREAT, but you really got me with anywho 🤠 This world needs more Nerdettes. You Go Girl! Looking forward to more content, and just ignore the haters, they’re just jealous 👍

[@menchise]

I just discovered Remmina and I'm using it with a mac on my local network. Only wish I could blank the mac machine screen when I connect to it. Your videos are inspirational and educational, thank you.

[@ourkid2000]

This was a great video!

[@sattihassan6939]

Thank you very much for such explaining this RDP protocol Keep it up

[@giuseppe.g]

great video, I love this channel!!! cheers from Italy

[@VeronicaExplains]

Thank you so much!

[@pierrejoye]

thank you, awesome video and explanation as always

[@dwaynearthur1476]

Great video Veronica , Please do the Port forwarding over SSH . Happy 2022!!!👍🏼👍🏼

[@Unattached_Athletics]

this seems like a good alternative to backing everything up on the cloud when it comes to using files on different operating systems. thnx!!!!!

[@travisb1757]

Very intelligent and articulate. Nice!

[@aranramirez1772]

Excellent explanation.

[@dajelinux]

Awesome video as usual. Remmina it's in almost all official repositories also. Another alternative use can be an ssh connection on the same machine, for running a systemd-nspawn container in an more confortable environment than a simple terminal window.

[@JasonPotter73]

My favorite new channel!

[@VeronicaExplains]

Thank you!! So glad you enjoy it!

[@simplyallan]

Handy and informative!

[@Heilzmaker]

please comeback to port forawrding in a follow up video. as a linux noob these videos are great. Thank you for making them

[@ghsidk5411]

i'd also like to see that!

[@jeffreyplum5259]

I believe Windows users will find Only Pro versions of Windows will allow RPD access from other systems. Alll windows versions support RDP as a client,, but only Pro versions support the RDP Server access as shown in this video. Linux can be accessed from Windows via RDP using something called xrdp. I suggest this be covered in a future video.

[@williamevans6830]

Very good point. Though not at all beginner friendly. I also use xrdp as the protocol to remote in. Yes there are some firewall tweaks that need to be made but once done I've found connectivity to be more reliable than vnc. Just my take.

[@efzookt]

A future video about SSH keys would be awesome.

[@713jandj]

I 2nd that!

[@marcogiangreco8847]

Excellent, now i can do Machine Learning from anywhere! Many thanks !

[@w.h27]

Thanks for this program I like it. It is simple and efficient.

[@Vlad-1986]

Yup. I'll like to know a bit more about forwarding in ssh, used it in the past, never knew how it works. Didn´t knew Remminna. it is just in the repos for Gentoo and Arch, so cool.

[@VeronicaExplains]

I use the SSH tunneling a lot for my VNC or SPICE connections, especially looking at remote VMs.

[@davorinrusevljan6440]

@@VeronicaExplains and power question is can Remmina do the trick on remote machine, so human intervention is not necessary there, so one could reach machines with nop public ip, and no helping hand there

[@ravagingwolverine666]

I like the example of sharing a file. Who wouldn't want to share a neat, though random, picture of the NES? I came across this video before. I think it's how I found this channel. I was just starting to play around with VNC then. I did get it to partially work, and Remmina was a great recommendation for a viewer. My big issue was setting up the server side. Nothing seemed to work quite right. Sharing seems to have changed in Mint from what I understand. One of my machines was running MX with KDE. KDE has a nice sharing utility, but the password function was broken(of course). I finally got back to it and saw that people recommended vino for that on Xfce machines like my laptop. Finally got it all set up right and put vino on all the machines I needed it for. Back to Remmina, I see why you recommend it. It's great. The resolution scaling it does is so helpful. As was this video.

[@dskim5848]

Linux girl Veronica! Cool! Remmina is solid. Straight ahead config. Great tutorial!

[@johndutt6691]

Just came across your videos, they’re great. I would love to see you explain how to use and manage ssh keys!

[@rayt.7128]

Yes, a tutorial about SSH will be amazing.

[@VernonHorn]

Terrific thanks!!

[@pbezunartea]

Yes! That is something I'd like you to cover! ;)

[@slo-motion9292]

very hepful,im trying it out right now

[@bertnijhof5413]

In Ubuntu 21.10 I installed Remmina as deb and I use it mainly to connect to my FreeBSD backup server on a famous CPU; a 2003 Pentium 4 HT (1C2T; 3.0GHz; 2GB DDR) with 1.21 TB of leftover HDDs ( 2 IDE 3.5" and 2 SATA 2.5" HDDs). It is in use for ~1 hour/week.

[@achillesserrano4746]

I love it.. you are awesome

[@gjermundification]

5:18 Make sure you enable compression using ssh tunnel as in most cases( depends on CPU capacity ) this will improve U/X for VNC connections.

[@gjermundification]

`echo "Compression yes" >> ~/.ssh/config` however for each "bookmarked" host,

[@OlgierdvonEverec-ul4te]

great job

[@ReneWennekes]

cool tutorial. i will try it. love linux terminal too.....

[@wayland7150]

I'm learnin'!

[@learnwithjustintoday]

Very nice! I'd be interested in knowing how to connect to a remote PC in a support situation where the person I'm helping can view their own screen.

[@rjka8096]

You are awesome. I love your hair. And wait for more your videos.

[@janlam3344]

Yes, please do teach us SSH tunnelling. We really appreciate your excellent tutos.

[@VeronicaExplains]

Thank you! I recently did a new video about SSH in general, which may help illuminate the concept. That video is at kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXeupJeYn991mcU!

[@janlam3344]

@@VeronicaExplains duh... I added the comment on the wrong KZbin. I did watch the SSH tuto with great interest and got it working for me. And that's where I meant to add this request for SSH tunneling.

[@Uniblab8]

SSH is fascinating to me. More, more, more!

[@JamesWoodard1222]

I know the video is months old, but I just came across your content. I like what you're doing. Keep it up. $sudo pacman -S remmina does the job on Arch and Arch-based OS's. Of course, Flatpak, Snap and Appimage is also available, if you prefer.

[@abbas1872]

Really like these videos. As it's cold, Flu and Covid season maybe every time you say 'Windows' we should all take a swig of something really alcoholic, you know to kill the germs.

[@petmic202]

SSH !? ho yeah, i will be present, thanks, great vidéo !!

[@kernelpanic5198]

As a Gentoo user, I simply emerge it: emerge --ask remmina I also recommend the following uses: * crypt: add encryption support * cups: allow printing screenshot directly * nls: add language support for non-American * rdp: allow RDP protocol * ssh: enable SSH and SFTP integration and tunneling * vnc: allow VNC protocol * -telemetry: disable usage information transmission Here are additional uses depending on what you want: * zeroconf: allow automatic service discovery (mainly shared folders or printer) * gvnc: enable remote console for KVM * kwallet: enable KDE wallet integration * spice: enable remote console using spice protocol * x2go: enable x2go extensions to SSH protocol (require SSH)

[@josecespedes4551]

Please do a "SSH video for dummies, ultra 101 for English-as-a-second-language viewers" please 😉. I'll appreciate it. Best wishes from Panama 🇵🇦

[@georgehauser2643]

Thank you for this very informative video. I would be very interested to hear what you have to say about connecting to a windows remote using a different protocol than RDP (so that the person sitting at the remote can see what is going on on the screen). Currently I am able to use remmina to connect via RDP (over a VPN), but as you mentioned, the screen locks up for the user sitting at the remote machine.

[@snake-taichi]

Great video, thank you! Unfortunately in Linux Mint, which I want to connect to, there is no Sharing-Entry in the settings. Therefore I can't make it work yet.

[@marksulloway5669]

Thank you.

[@keayvankeramati3140]

Hi, Thank u for useful video. Could u please share the connection by SSH tunnel?

[@cloudagnostic]

Liking and watching this video just because the KZbin algorithm suggested!

[@VeronicaExplains]

Thank you! And thank you, omnipresent KZbin algorithm! :P

[@fredeisele1895]

I guess this answers my question about sharing a monitor across multiple machines, rather than (in addition to) using Barrior.

[@anthonygross226]

I'm wondering if WSL2 would be a good avenue for Windows users to introduce them to the Linux terminal without having additional infrastructure overhead. Your thoughts? Thanks again for all you do

[@roderick1984]

Nice and helpful video. I have just connected to my Pi4, I needed to change the connection to VNC password to get in. I am sure that more videos on VNC, SSH and remote connection would be useful. I use Teamviewer to help family and friends, but it would be nice to try Remmina. I use Linux, but most of my calls for help are from Windows users, and I thought Windows was supposed to be intuitive.... :-/ Keep up the good work.

[@VeronicaExplains]

I'm glad you found it useful! I'm hoping to get out and do a follow-up about SSH and port forwarding once the COVID numbers drop a bit in my area. I don't have a consumer router of my own to play with, as most of my work is in the commercial-grade stuff at this point! My advice in the meantime to connect to a remote Windows user would be to see if they'll let you set up something simple like a Pi for the SSH connection inside the network. Then you tweak the router to allow port forwarding for the SSH connection from your home IP to the Pi. Then, the SSH tunnel will first connect to the Pi, and you can use Remmina over RDP or VNC to connect to the Windows devices (you'll have to install VNC first on the Windows devices, though).

[@NoEgg4u]

At my last job, I often used Windows' Remote Desktop, precisely because the remote machine would remain locked. I often needed to use the PC in my office for work that should not be viewed by others. But if I was not there, I could not know if anyone could see my screen. With Remote Desktop, that was not a problem. I got to do work, as if I was sitting in my office, with full access to their network from that PC, with no worries about anyone seeing my screen. For screen sharing, I use Quick Assist. It works great. But there are a few drawbacks: 1) It will work only between two Windows 10 (or higher) OS's. 2) The helper must have a Microsoft account. 3) The remote computer (needing the assistance) needs to be present to grant permission. This is fine for security reasons. But Quick Assist is useless if no one is at the remote machine. Remmina sounds great, especially for non Windows OS's.

[@thewalabee1414]

Where did you get that MECC tee shirt. That thing is likely older than you are. Anywho...It brought back a flood of nice memories of the great days the Silicon Prairie!

[@VeronicaExplains]

I picked up at tctreasure.com- as a nerdy Minnesotan it's my duty and responsibility to represent MECC every once and a while! :)

[@LorenzoBettini]

Thanks for the video! I seem to understand that VNC is not used anymore in GNOME, so one has to use RDP, I guess

[@memoryerror]

I would love a nerd out on SSH keys.

[@JorgeEscobarMX]

I use anydesk but this seems like a great alternative.

[@joebliven3445]

So jealous of that MECC shirt!

[@jamesi1338]

Vic server setup would be a great supplement to this video

[@cmarinho182]

Love ur vids. Pls, Veronica, wich song is playing in the end of the video? It's amazing.

[@VeronicaExplains]

Thanks! It's a song I wrote and recorded for the channel.

[@HululusLabs]

Gentoo: emerge remmina # Don't forget to edit your use flags!

[@CliffR]

where do you get the Remmina VNC plugin for GNOME and KVM? I don't see it when I "sudo apt search remmina-plugin". The regular *-vnc doesn't seem to like connecting for me

[@darkssg2463]

Came here in the hopes of getting some explanation on port forwarding with SSH so I can remote desktop into a server back in the US from Europe... 5:38 was a major let down. But at least this helped explain Remmina a little more and to point me in the direction of some forums.

[@Rabe_D]

thanks for the video 🙂 But I can't realize a remote-connection from my host PC ubuntu 22.04 to my 32-bit laptop with antix 21 as OS. How can I allow screensharing on this laptop with antix?

[@psravan]

Veronica, please make a video explaining SSH and SSH keys. I would like to know more about them. I currently use SSH keys for my github.

[@actionconcrete5416]

Hi,are you still ok to make a video on the shh tunneling protocol??..i will be happy to watch that, thank you from Paris France for your videos and all of your works ;)

[@VeronicaExplains]

Yes! I did do a video on SSH in general recently (kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXeupJeYn991mcU), but I would like to do a follow-up with some descriptions of how this can work.

[@noranature]

you are awesome too !

[@crashwindows]

on Arch you can use sudo pacman -S remmina or yay -S remmina

[@howardcallender1764]

thank you for sharing, yes can you share how to help with remote support

[@cwinterscheid]

Veronica, I do not know if someone else has mentioned it, if so sorry for the repeat. Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 installs Remmina with it. I have been a long time user of both Windows and Linux but linux was for my ham radio hobby. I find that my 5th generation I-7 processor in my game machine which runs Windows 10 cannot supportedly upgrade to Windows 11. Windows 10 according to Microsoft will only have 4 more years with support updates. So naturally I have moved my main machine over to Linux as I am not going to let Microsoft dictate when I have to buy a new computer and of course a Windows 11 license. Keep up the good videos!!!

[@VeronicaExplains]

Thanks for the tip about Ubuntu Desktop! And thanks for watching!

[@davidcucek9072]

arch: "sudo pacman -S remmina"

[@Soulthym]

arch client here, sudo pacman -Syu remmina does the trick

[@ecw0647]

Nice video. I'd like to see Remmina compared to third-partry tools like Anydesk and Teamviewer, among many others, from the standpoint of security and vulnerabilities. I use those tools a lot to help friends and distant relatives fix their machines. It would seem Remmina requires considerable knowledge on the part of the end user to get things set up correctly.

[@wayland7150]

It seems simple to me. It pretty much works with whatever settings you give it.

[@user-vk5hz8vt9n]

Thanks a lot - quite useful. Will the remote user not not in any way that someone is connected to their computer? This does not seem to be the case when successfully connecting an Ubuntu to a Zorin. Many thanks!

[@aguertin3846]

You have made a demonstration using Remmina to link two computer on the same network. But what about the config to link my computer to another computer located on a different network somewhere on the planet? I am using Linux mint lmde and I want to communicate with a windows 10 platform

[@penchanter6194]

"EQUAL-OPPORTUNITY NERD" FTW!! :) Also, I do not have Win10Pro so I'll have to figure out how to make use of "UltraVNC" along with your tutorial. :)

[@andrewshowland]

Linux is awesome

[@arthurdasilvaandrade672]

Muito legal. Esclarecedor

[@CliffordMiller-fu7nu]

I have a request. Novnc for browser remote control could you please cover this especially for the windows setup as well as linux. I have tried it and had mixed results locally but cant get it to do the "Remote" part like novnc should do.

[@CesarPeron]

Have you tried the TeamViewer plugin? I’d really like to know how it works, the official app is a pain in the ass.

[@JHAN1212]

I've been having issues connecting my Debian 12 machines with Cinnamon. I can't enabled desktop sharing from settings, so I've tried activating vino and tried enabling VNC backend in dconf editor. No dice! Does anyone know what I'm missing?

[@sza2562]

Remmina is in the package of preinstalled software in Zorin.

[@HaloWolf102]

How would I add audio to this VNC? The reason why I got Remmina is because audio wasn't working with Proxmox VMs.

[@AlekGrigorian]

Nice vnc client. Any recommendation for a vnc server. I use xfce4,

[@RonakDhakan]

I find that the Windows [super?] key presses are captured by the host machine and not passed on to the remote machine. This severely limits the usability of the remote computer through Remmina.

[@albertobenitezaltamirano6985]

Thank´s ;)