Hopefully, if all went well, you should now see the desktop for your Linux Mint machine.Īs previously mentioned, this is a quick fix way to get into your Linux machine, but it is not secure. Once you get past that message, you’ll have to enter the password you typed when we first setup desktop sharing settings on Linux Mint. Since there is no encryption, you’ll get a popup dialog telling you that your connection is not secure. Type in the IP address for your Linux box and press Enter. You don’t have to sign up or pay for anything to use the viewer. In my case, I used the VNC Viewer program from RealVNC. Connect Using VNC ClientĪt this point, you can download your favorite VNC client for Windows and connect to the Linux box. Once you are logged back in, we can try to connect. Close the editor and then restart your Linux box. In the right-hand pane, go ahead and uncheck the require-encryption box. Open the editor and then navigate to org – gnome – desktop – remote-access. Once the package has been installed, click on the Linux Mint menu, then All Applications and scroll down till you see dconf Editor. Open Terminal and type in the following command: sudo apt-get install dconf-editor We have to install the dconf Editor, so that we can change the default settings.

Next, we have to disable the encryption that is currently required by Vino, which is the package installed in Linux Mint by default. Click Close as we are done with this dialog. In order to prevent anyone from connecting to your machine, check the Require the user to enter this password box and type in a decently strong password. If you’re giving someone else access to your machine, then it’s probably worth checking so that you can control when someone connects to your machine. Under Security, it’s probably a good idea to uncheck the You must confirm each access to this machine as that would require you to locally confirm the remote connection before it is accepted. Under Sharing, go ahead and check the Allow other users to view your desktop and Allow other users to control your desktop boxes.

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