Remote Desktop

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Tiger VNC

Nixpkgs has a package but no service. The server component can be started using the vncserver command. To connect use the vncviewer command.

x2go

X2go packaged in nixos as x2goclient.

RDP

NixOS has first class support for XRDP server.

services.xserver.enable = true;
services.xserver.displayManager.sddm.enable = true;
services.xserver.desktopManager.plasma5.enable = true;

services.xrdp.enable = true;
services.xrdp.defaultWindowManager = "startplasma-x11";
networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 3389 ];
# Soon: services.xrdp.openFirewall = true;

(Source: Discourse Link, nixpkgs code)

Notice: You need to log out the user first on the remote machine, otherwise you'll get a black screen. (Source: Reddit )

freerdp or remmina can be used on the client side.

Guacamole

Not yet added to nixpkgs

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/17879