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I have a laptop and a desktop

Two computers have Ubuntu 16.04 and connected through Ethernet cable, but two are offline, so no internet. I wanna make the laptop as the main computer and I want to use the desktop by the laptop. Is is possible to control the desktop by using the laptop?

I am not sure if I could use SSH in terminal.. Could you guys explain me if there is ways? or please give a hint or keyword so I can find a way.

Usually I use "ssh -X"

Thank you

lily.evance
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    Read man ssh or https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/en/man1/ssh.1.html , read man ip-route or https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/en/man8/ip-route.8.html . You have an "internet", but it's a very small network. – waltinator Mar 30 '19 at 13:33
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    Can you add more details to the question? Please edit the question and make it more specific. So you want access to the GUI desktop and graphical software like Firefox in your desktop computer? Or do you want command line only access? – user68186 Mar 30 '19 at 14:26
  • See this question – user68186 Mar 30 '19 at 14:41

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If you question is about the network, your answer is 'Yes'. You can set static IP on both your laptop and your PC. To do so, use network-manager:

  1. Open Network manager
  2. Edit LAN
  3. Go to IPv4 Setting Tab
  4. Set method to Manual
  5. Set IP address.

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e.g. set 192.168.1.1 for the PC and 192.168.1.2 for laptop.

Then you can use any network remote connection tool to access PC from laptop of vice versa. For example: SSH, AnyDesk, VNC Viewer, etc.

M.Fooladgar
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