GUI what's that? SSH. But seriously, still SSH. You can tunnel anything you like over SSH, including X. Just use the -Y flag and any X capable client you start will display on your local server.
VLC late shouldn't matter for a server, but if you want to remotely drive a desktop I've had great experience with moonlight. There is a open source build for Linux called sunlight. https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine
You will need a GPU to encode the stream. It's mostly focused on gaming but works well for desktops.
I did mess around with sunshine a few years ago but couldn't get it working, I think that was when it hooked into geforce experience so might be time to revisit, thanks!
So the traditional answer here is to abandon the GUI and use SSH. It's fast, lightweight, and works in basically any configuration.
If that's not an option and you're not averse to commercial, closed-source software then TeamViewer and Parsec are both pretty good remote tools.
If you also need it to be open source, I have heard good things about Rustdesk but I have never used it myself.
Parsec would be my go to, but they're missing Linux host support from memory, only able to use client
Parsec doesn't allow streaming from a Linux host.
No machine is pretty good imo
I have just the mouse problem but it's such a big deal that it's making me look elsewhere. If it didn't have this problem I'd have absolutely no complaints
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