RDP
so I needed to do this for work, the idea being that I had to have access to a win10+ program on my laptop for work that has Linux arch.
I don’t own windows so the gist is this:
- install virtual box for arch
- download and install win10+
- debloat windows
- enable rdp on win, setup new user and make sure rdp settings are ready
- install and connect tailscale in win
- install remmina and freerdp
- turn on tailscale in laptop and connect to tailscale of rdp for win
caveats: with this method i get a larger fullscreen with rdp, but if like today, windows updated overnight and without having logged back in, i lost my tailscale connection. I am now trying the rdp function for virtualbox over my desktop tailscale connection, and that should help so i can login as long as the vm is up
Gnome notifications and menu toggle button
most of the nitty gritty is written up in the discussion on github here:
https://github.com/StorageB/custom-command-toggle/discussions/18#discussioncomment-14591824
add the extension below to gnome using the extensions menu in chrome/brave
command-custom-toggle and install then go into settings and follow the below:
i was looking for for a solution for any easy start/stop option for the custom tailscale bash script i’ve setup for connecting to my home server while away. i use the home server as an exit route which helped with the above stuff as well, and use routes for accessing everything on a certain lan at home