Remote Desktop to/from anywhere
So remote control of desktops/laptops is one of those things that one would expect to be an already solved issue in 2023 - alas this is not the case, at least not if you want something simple and free. What we really want is to be able to control any device, running any common os, from anywhere, for free. Unix systems have long supported remote apps via X-window, but this is a bit out of date and rarely used for remote connections these days for various reasons - mainly that it was designed to run on the local network. In reality, it usually is only running from the local machine. Linux has long had VNC, but there are many versions, such as the original VLC, TightVNC, RealVNC, etc. Some are not compatible, some are closed source, etc. On linux, you can have a virtual framebuffer (which has a session not on the physical machine of the device you want to control), or the real framebuffer (which allows you to control the real screen). This is not set up nicely out of the box on
