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VNC gives you one machine's desktop; a VPN gives you a route into a network. Use VNC for GUI work, a VPN for services, and bind VNC to the tunnel address when you need both.
What is noVNC, and how do you get it running?
noVNC is a VNC viewer in a browser tab. Put websockify in front of your existing VNC server, reach it through SSH or TLS, and connect from any modern browser.
Choosing a VNC Server on Linux: Start From the Session You Need
Pick a Linux VNC server by session: TigerVNC or TurboVNC for a desktop of its own, KRFB, RHEL 9's GNOME sharing or x0vncserver to share the one on the monitor.
Running VNC commercially?
RealVNC Connect is the commercial VNC from the team that created the protocol, with end-to-end encrypted sessions and multi-factor authentication built in.