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what is the easy/minimal way to remotely(over the Internet) connect a Ubuntu 20.04 system from another Ubuntu 20.04 system? I have tried team-viewer any-desk in the past.

But is there a native way to remotely(over the Internet) connect a Ubuntu 20.04 to another Ubuntu 20.04 within the Ubuntu's applications/sources/out-of-the-box?

Looking for a step by step practical approach..

PRATAP-PANABAKA
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ssh

I think it is easy to use ssh. Install openssh-server in [at least] one of the computers, and log in with ssh from the other computer or transfer files with sftp or simply via the file browser.

Several users have found the following link useful in order to run graphical programs via ssh -X,

What is the simplest way to have remote GUI access to Ubuntu 16.04 “server” from Ubuntu 16.04 “desktop”?

sudodus
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On the system you want to connect to:

  1. install "vino" package. The entry for "Desktop sharing" should appear somewhere in the menu.
  2. You have to set some configuration parameters for vino-server, but probably the only way to do it is via dconf-editor (the GUI to set these parameters has been removed long ago), so you have to install it too if it isn't already installed. In dconf, goto /org/gnome/desktop/remote-access and: a) set authentication-methods to ['vnc'] b) set prompt-enabled to false c) set require-encryption to false d) set vnc-password to base64 encoded value of the password you want to use to connect
  3. Start vino-server by clicking the desktop sharing entry from the menu.

On the other system, use any VNC client (eg. Remmina, which is installed by default) to connect.

raj
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