Scenario: I wanna control / access my comp1 (which runs Linux) from my comp2 (which runs MacOS).

Reason: I cannot work with Data Science's stuff with comp2 (Mac M1) whereas comp1 has everything (Linux, GPU,...)

<aside> ☝ Two computers must be connected to the same network!

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Streaming games

In case you have a PC/Windows which playing games and you want to play these games on these machines but from another machine, let’s try Steam Link. Read this note for more: Stream games between 2 computers in the same local network.

Control visually

• Windows: Windows Remote Desktop or NoMachine. WRD has a better display and usage. It looks like the same as you work on the remote machine.
  • Connect to a NoMachine Server running on Windows
  • More options with No Machine
• Linux / MacOS: No Machine.

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No Machine Service is only for the “server” side. If you wish to use a “client only” side, you don’t have to enable the No Machine Service on the client, just open the No Machine app on the client, that’s it.

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<aside> ☝ Don’t use nx://100.xx.xxx.x:4000, use nx://192.168.xx.xx:4000 instead!

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Connect via SSH

👉 I learned from this answer. We use No Machine.

❇️ On the "server computer" (comp1 -- Linux)

# Knowing its name
hostname
# or `hostnamectl` or `cat /proc/sys/kernel/hostname`
# mine: pop-os

# Knowing current user
whoami
# mine: thi
# You must know the password!!!

# Install openssh-server
sudo apt update
sudo apt install openssh-server

# Check comp1's ip
ifconfig | grep "192.168"
# mine: 192.168.1.115

Test: connect from comp1 to comp1 itself!

ssh 127.0.0.1
# type user1's password

❇️ On the "client computer" (comp2 -- MacOS)

# Connect via comp1's name
ssh [email protected]
# Type thi's password

# Connect via comp1's ip
ssh [email protected]

❇️ Disconnect

exit