Any Go To Assist alternatives for Linux
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From: Aragorn on 30 Sep 2009 04:00 On Tuesday 29 September 2009 15:50 in comp.os.linux.misc, somebody identifying as Todd wrote... > John Hasler wrote: > >> Todd writes: >> >>> Is there an alternative in Linux? >> >> Hard to say. What the hell is "Go To Assist Express"? > > OOOps. Sorry. It allows me to share control of their > keyboard and mouse, as well as see their screen There are remote desktop protocol clients for GNU/Linux, and chances are that they're already supplied as part of your distribution. -- *Aragorn* (registered GNU/Linux user #223157)
From: Grant Edwards on 29 Sep 2009 22:20 On 2009-09-29, Jon Solberg <jon(a)jonsolberg.nospam.se> wrote: > On 2009-09-29, Greg Russell <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >> "Give the OP a fish and you feed him for day ... Teach him >> *how* to fish and he'll drink your beer in your boat all day." >> No doubt the cynicism will be lost on you. > > Just teach him how to read the Smart Questions FAQ > athttp://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html. > > It's character building. And rather amusing. (Though perhaps not so much if you've just been rebuked for asking questions the un-msart way.) -- Grant
From: Robert Riches on 29 Sep 2009 22:51 On 2009-09-30, Aragorn <aragorn(a)chatfactory.invalid> wrote: > On Tuesday 29 September 2009 15:50 in comp.os.linux.misc, somebody > identifying as Todd wrote... > >> John Hasler wrote: >> >>> Todd writes: >>> >>>> Is there an alternative in Linux? >>> >>> Hard to say. What the hell is "Go To Assist Express"? >> >> OOOps. Sorry. It allows me to share control of their >> keyboard and mouse, as well as see their screen > > There are remote desktop protocol clients for GNU/Linux, and chances are > that they're already supplied as part of your distribution. However, that might not be exactly what is needed. Windhose has the braindead limitation that requires a sysadmin to take over the mouse and keyboard to do anything remotely. With Linux, the sysadmin can just ssh in and do what needs doing without making a mess of the screen--unless making a mess of the screen is what is desired. -- Robert Riches spamtrap42(a)verizon.net (Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)
From: Aragorn on 30 Sep 2009 06:07 On Tuesday 29 September 2009 21:51 in comp.os.linux.misc, somebody identifying as Robert Riches wrote... > On 2009-09-30, Aragorn <aragorn(a)chatfactory.invalid> wrote: > >> On Tuesday 29 September 2009 15:50 in comp.os.linux.misc, somebody >> identifying as Todd wrote... >> >>> John Hasler wrote: >>> >>>> Todd writes: >>>> >>>>> Is there an alternative in Linux? >>>> >>>> Hard to say. What the hell is "Go To Assist Express"? >>> >>> OOOps. Sorry. It allows me to share control of their >>> keyboard and mouse, as well as see their screen >> >> There are remote desktop protocol clients for GNU/Linux, and chances >> are that they're already supplied as part of your distribution. > > However, that might not be exactly what is needed. Windhose has > the braindead limitation that requires a sysadmin to take over > the mouse and keyboard to do anything remotely. Well, that's Windows for ya...: everyone is a sysadmin, and although Microsoft has made sure that there is only a limited subset of the abilities of a computer that the user can deploy, screwing up is one of the things that Windows gladly allows you. :p > With Linux, the sysadmin can just ssh in and do what needs doing > without making a mess of the screen--unless making a mess of the > screen is what is desired. Oh, on that I would agree. :-) -- *Aragorn* (registered GNU/Linux user #223157)
From: Stan Bischof on 30 Sep 2009 09:09
Robert Riches <spamtrap42(a)verizon.net> wrote: > > However, that might not be exactly what is needed. Windhose has > the braindead limitation that requires a sysadmin to take over > the mouse and keyboard to do anything remotely. With Linux, the Obviously you don't know much about Windows-- completely reasonable given that this is COLM--. The above is incorrect. Nothing about RDP in Windows requires root permissions, other than of course to enable the capability in the first place. Stan |