How can I screen share/VNC to a Linux system (Ubuntu 16.04) from my MAC (10.11)?

Solution 1:

You don't even need to download any VNC client, as a basic one is built-in.

Finder -> Go -> Connect to Server.

Then in the address bar vnc://<your server ip or hostname>. Something like:

VNC from Finder

I hope it will help, Jarek

Solution 2:

I just tried connecting a macOS 10.14.5 to RealVNC 6.4.1 on a Raspbian Buster.

To make it work, I had to disable encryption and configure VNC password instead of (Interactive) UNIX password authentication.

There is no clipboard or observation mode support and I wouldn't use it through a WAN because of the lack of encryption, but it works.