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News from the team behind RemoteAccessApp, roundups of what changed in the app, and practical advice on remote access: helping family, staying safe from scams, and getting more done on your PCs and servers.
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Before you leave home, make sure you can get back into your PC
Unattended access on, a test from your phone on mobile data, no sleep, and what a restart does on Windows and Linux: a checklist for before you go.
Read the post : Before you leave home, make sure you can get back into your PCHow to SSH into your home server from your phone, without opening a port
Reach your home server's SSH from your phone's browser through a PC at home: no port forwarding, a key bar for Ctrl, Esc and arrows, and host key checks.
Read the post : How to SSH into your home server from your phone, without opening a portStudents: use your home PC for uni or school work from any laptop
For students: reach the desktop at home from a laptop, a library computer or a phone, on campus Wi-Fi, free for up to 5 PCs, and the rules to check first.
Read the post : Students: use your home PC for uni or school work from any laptopHow to help family with their PC from your phone
Fix a relative's PC from your phone's browser: getting in with or without a code, touch controls, the shortcuts that matter, and when to wait for a PC.
Read the post : How to help family with their PC from your phoneLinux remote desktop that keeps working when the screen locks
Why a locked Linux screen so often ends a remote session, and how RemoteAccessApp keeps the PC awake and lets you unlock it, on Wayland and X11.
Read the post : Linux remote desktop that keeps working when the screen locksHow to manage multiple Windows computers remotely (and your Linux PCs too)
Look after several Windows PCs and Linux desktops from one list: one command on many PCs, processes, services and logs side by side, and scheduled scripts with Pro.
Read the post : How to manage multiple Windows computers remotely (and your Linux PCs too)RemoteAccessApp for Windows is now code-signed: what the SmartScreen warning means
The installer and apps now carry a verified publisher. What signing does, why SmartScreen may still warn for a while, and how to continue safely.
Read the post : RemoteAccessApp for Windows is now code-signed: what the SmartScreen warning meansA week of remote IT help for a five-person office
A new laptop, a stuck printer, updates, a file from home and a Friday tidy-up: one week of remote IT help, day by day.
Read the post : A week of remote IT help for a five-person officeBrowser or Windows app: which should you connect with?
What the browser and the Windows app each do best, how private each is, and when to use both.
Read the post : Browser or Windows app: which should you connect with?How to keep your remote access safe in 2026: a practical checklist
Two-step verification, trusted devices, unattended access done right and a tidy PC list: a checklist for 2026.
Read the post : How to keep your remote access safe in 2026: a practical checklistLinux remote desktop on X11 and Wayland: what works today
What X11 and Wayland change for screen sharing and remote control, and how the Agent works on both: on Wayland, approve once and it's remembered.
Read the post : Linux remote desktop on X11 and Wayland: what works todayOne app for your Windows and Linux PCs
A mixed home or office in one account: the same Devices list, sessions, terminal, tools and consent rules for Windows and Linux PCs.
Read the post : One app for your Windows and Linux PCsOne place for your cloud servers and your PCs
AWS, DigitalOcean and Azure servers next to your PCs: import, connect, start and stop in one window, with keys that stay yours.
Read the post : One place for your cloud servers and your PCsWorking from home? How to reach your office PC, the right way
Ask IT first, keep the office PC reachable, and know the trade-offs before you rely on it from home.
Read the post : Working from home? How to reach your office PC, the right wayRemote desktop latency explained simply: why it lags and what helps
Delay, frame rate and bandwidth in plain English, and the changes that actually make a session feel faster.
Read the post : Remote desktop latency explained simply: why it lags and what helpsRemoteAccessApp is now on Linux
RemoteAccessApp for Linux is here, Agent and Console: X11 and Wayland desktops, the same Allow prompt and banner, a bash terminal, files and sound.
Read the post : RemoteAccessApp is now on LinuxWhat the person at the PC sees when you connect
The Allow prompt, the session banner, chat and the controls they keep, seen from the other side of the screen.
Read the post : What the person at the PC sees when you connectHomelab maintenance night: a checklist you can run from one app
Updates, backups, disk checks and consoles: a maintenance-night checklist for a homelab, worked through from one window.
Read the post : Homelab maintenance night: a checklist you can run from one appOne app for your whole homelab: Proxmox, VMware and KVM in one place
Why juggling terminals, browser tabs and viewers for a homelab gets old, and what one app for every host and VM looks like.
Read the post : One app for your whole homelab: Proxmox, VMware and KVM in one placeWhat's new in RemoteAccessApp this month: October 2026
The month's releases in one read: reconnecting sessions, Wake up, Management, teams, SSH proxies and more.
Read the post : What's new in RemoteAccessApp this month: October 2026Server-to-server file transfers: how they save DevOps time
Why copying straight from one server to another beats download-then-upload, and where it fits in deploys, backups and migrations.
Read the post : Server-to-server file transfers: how they save DevOps timeStop exposing your Proxmox or ESXi web UI to the internet: safer ways to reach it
Why management web UIs belong on your own network, and how to reach them from anywhere without opening a port.
Read the post : Stop exposing your Proxmox or ESXi web UI to the internet: safer ways to reach it7 ways to help your family with their computer without driving over
Seven practical ways to sort out a relative's computer from your own home, with their permission every time.
Read the post : 7 ways to help your family with their computer without driving over5 workflows that save time when you manage many servers and VMs
Groups and tags, saved workspaces, one script on many hosts, direct server-to-server copies and live dashboards.
Read the post : 5 workflows that save time when you manage many servers and VMsHow to spot a remote access scam, and how the Allow prompt protects you
The warning signs of a remote access scam, what to do if it happened to you, and how consent on every PC helps.
Read the post : How to spot a remote access scam, and how the Allow prompt protects youAttended or unattended remote access: which one do you need?
Five everyday situations and the kind of remote access that suits each one.
Read the post : Attended or unattended remote access: which one do you need?Why we built RemoteAccessApp
The walls we kept hitting with remote access tools, and the app we built instead.
Read the post : Why we built RemoteAccessApp
More from RemoteAccessApp
Looking for step-by-step help? The guides walk through common jobs, from accessing your PC remotely to running a script on many PCs. Every release is listed in what's new, and the help center answers specific questions.
Popular guides
- Access your PC remotelyRemote access setup for your own Windows or Linux PC, step by step, and how to reach it from anywhere for free.Read the guide
- Help family remotelyConnect to a relative's PC with the code on their screen, no account needed, then help whenever they call, with their say-so.Read the guide
- Set up unattended accessUnattended remote access setup, step by step: reach your own PCs when nobody's there, without opening the door to anyone else.Read the guide