Pop! OS screen sharing / VNC

By | September 3, 2020

Setting up remote VNC access in Pop! OS is quite easy, but one option I wish they would make is to disable the require-encryption option. Pop! OS uses Vino for VNC access but most other clients do not support the encryption option that Vino uses.

To Configure, go into Settings / Sharing. Enable options as shown below. And, don’t forget to add a password for access.

Now open a terminal shell and run the following command to disable the require encryption: gsettings set org.gnome.Vino require-encryption false

Now open your VNC client on another machine, and enter the hostname or IP of the PoP! OS machine, and sign in.

Signed in and accessing my Pop! OS laptop.