OP here’s a troubleshooting approach i would take:

1. ensure services can be reached locally, thus eliminating tailscale as a variable. test on the host itself as well as another device on the same network.

2. attempt connecting, with tailscale enabled, to the services directly. meaning, go to the hosts’s tailscale IP:port in a browser and NOT through heimdall

3. if the above work, then it’s an issue with heimdall. edit the config as previously mentioned to link the services to the host’s tailscale IP:port, or have two instances of heimdall - one for local and one for remote

Not so much anymore, it’s apparently improved significantly and getting better all the time. Check out linux_gaming. A lot of avid proponents there given the shitshow M$FT has made of Windows.

Windows is just one big advertisement jfc and M$FT the audacity to charge $200 for it?! 🏴‍☠️

Thanks for the idea!

Hopefully this link works for you - https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/f326d80aad5f4760810c629ef896f135

Very basic shortcut that will open the remote control app when run.