What is rustdesk and how is it distinct from vnc?

How does this work on a technical level?

Does it framebuffer grab the current session and inject input events?

Menu css looks a bit dodgy with the notification at the top:

https://files.catbox.moe/d5ztxi.jpg

Does my screen have to be on?

Okay. The feature I'm waiting for is the self-hosted web client.

RustDesk should fix their password requirements: https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/discussions/2888

so this means I can be on a vacation, turn on my ubuntu desktop remotely, login and control it ? I have a strong need for this as my desktop is also a server