Sudo dpkg -i chrome-remote-desktop_current_bĪt the time of this writing, the package installer seems to fail to create the chrome-remote-desktop group, so add it: At least it was good enough to fool me :)ĭownload the package linked from and install it: When originally writing this I thought it was lossy and pixel perfect nonetheless, but I’ve been informed it’s not. I don’t know technical details, but likely their use of some kind of modified VP9 codec has to do with this. It seems faster than any other remote desktop option I have tried. It handles hi-dpi displays correctly, and passes through keyboard combinations correctly (e.g., it stops CTRL-N from opening a new local window). It works natively on ChromeOS, and works well. Why Chrome Remote Desktop instead of $OTHER_OPTION? It determines which users should have CRD running based on which users are part of the chrome-remote-desktop Unix group. Sudo /etc/init.d/chrome-remote-desktop restart Once set up however, CRD is completely headless and is controlled using an init script. Initial setup still requires a non-headless environment: A running Chrome (until someone or Google makes a tool that generates the necessary on-disk state in your home directory for authorizing remote access). If it is running, you are connected to the in-progress session. When you connect, a session is started if one is not already running. This is similar to the classic vncserver mechanic. The Linux version of chrome remote desktop (henceforth, CRD) doesn’t allow clients to connect and control an existing X session rather, there is a dedicated X session specific to CRD. This documentation (under 'Enable remote access to your computer'): The two main sources of information I found are:Īn old product forum post: !topic/chrome/8PMxG69VJ6o The upstream documentation is a little bit scattered, not always entirely complete, and the Ubuntu package provided needs some poking to work. Setting up Chrome Remote Desktop on Ubuntu # Originally posted by `scode` at no longer available.

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