Linux Remote

Covey AB

About this app

Linux Remote turns your phone into a remote for the PC under your TV, whether it runs Bazzite Linux, Windows, or both.

Start Steam from the sofa. Launch Resident Evil, or whichever games you pick, and stop them again when you're done. Open your video player, then play, pause, skip, jump back or forward 10 seconds, shuffle or repeat whatever is on. Turn the volume up or down, or mute it, and watch the PC's own volume popup confirm it on screen. When something hangs, restart the PC with two taps.

Each app shows whether it is running right now, so you can see at a glance that the game really closed. On Bazzite, the media controls also show what is playing, who it is by and how far in you are.

ONE PC, TWO SYSTEMS
On a PC that dual-boots Bazzite and Windows, pair each system once and the app shows a single PC. It says which system is running, follows the PC when it restarts into the other one, and can restart it straight into Windows or straight into Bazzite.

HOW IT WORKS
Install the small Linux Remote companion on your PC: a server on Bazzite and other KDE desktops (it works on read-only systems), or LinuxRemote.exe on Windows, which sits in the tray. Type the PC's name or address into the app, then enter the 6-digit code that pops up on the PC. That's the whole setup.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
The app talks only to your PC, over your own Wi-Fi. There is no account, no cloud service, no ads and no tracking. Nothing you do in the app leaves your home network.

WHAT YOU NEED
• A PC running Bazzite (or another KDE Plasma desktop with PipeWire audio), Windows 10 or 11, or both
• The Linux Remote companion installed on that PC
• Your phone on the same Wi-Fi as the PC

Stopping a game works the way Steam's own Stop button does, and leaves Steam running. The companion can be set up with any other apps you want as tiles.

What’s new

First public release. Start and stop apps and Steam games, control media and volume, and restart your PC, including straight into Windows on a dual-boot PC. No PC set up yet? Tap "Try the demo PC" to try every feature.