Any Go To Assist alternatives for Linux
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From: Jon Solberg on 1 Oct 2009 10:13 On 2009-10-01, John Hasler <jhasler(a)newsguy.com> wrote: > [...] I suspect that by "desktop" version he means "Windows XP > Home". According to Microsoft that does not include "Remote > Desktop". > > I don't know why he'd be using Home at a business, though. (. Someone in the finances division realised it was cheaper? .) -- Jon Solberg (remove "nospam" from email address).
From: Marcel Bruinsma on 1 Oct 2009 10:28 Am Donnerstag, 1. Oktober 2009 06:52, Keith Keller a écrit : > http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/man/x0vncserver.html > > So it seems like that's what x0vncserver does, but there is > probably a huge devil in the details. :) Yep, “continuously polls any X display”. POLLING? Never! ;-) Thank you, for the link, Keith. Wanting to know more, I found several positive stories about x11vnc (previously mentioned in this thread), but also http://xf4vnc.sourceforge.net/doc.html “…the normal X server loads the VNC extension which allows your normal X server to act as a VNC server as well.” And http://xf4vnc.sourceforge.net/modular.html -- printf -v email $(echo \ 155 141 162 143 145 154 142 162 165 151 \ 156 163 155 141 100 171 141 150 157 157 056 143 157 155|tr \ \\\\) # Live every life as if it were your last! #
From: John Hasler on 1 Oct 2009 10:29 I wrote: > I don't know why he'd be using Home at a business, though. Jon Solberg writes: > Someone in the finances division realised it was cheaper? Might be for a small enough business. -- John Hasler jhasler(a)newsguy.com Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA
From: Robert Riches on 1 Oct 2009 14:13 On 2009-10-01, Andr� Gillibert <MetaEntropy.removeThis(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Robert Riches <spamtrap42(a)verizon.net> wrote: >> >> At my previous consulting assignment, the IT was exclusively >> Windhose. The computer in my assigned cubicle was running >> Windhose XP. On one occasion, I needed to have a sysadmin do >> something with a license registration. She took over the mouse >> and keyboard to do the operation while I watched. >> >> I asked her very directly whether Windhose it would be possible >> for her to log in remotely to do the operation without having to >> take over the mouse, keyboard, and screen. She said it is not >> possible with XP. She said it would be possible with a newer >> (high-priced) special server version of Windhose, but not with a >> "desktop" version. >> > > With Windows XP Pro, it's possible to log remotely with RDP and not locally show the remote screen contents. > But, due to a software feature lock, whenever somebody logs in remotely, any local user is switched to the fast user switching login screen without being unlogged, but, unable to continue their work. > If the local user tries to login or switch to his session, the remote user is disconnected. Thank you for the detailed explanation of the braindead restriction I had referred to. > On Windows Server 2003, more than one user may be connected at once. > There's a hack (which may be legal or illegal, depending on user's country laws, but Microsoft would certainly hate you if you did it) to enable the Windows Server 2003 behavior on Windows XP. > This misfeature of Windows XP is designed by Microsoft to make people buy the expensive Microsoft Windows Huge Enterprise Server 2008 for Large Networks with More Than One Computer 64-bit Edition for x86 extended systems. That's similar to the 2 disk drives and 1 NIC limitation of Windows Storage Server 2003 Express Edition. > -- Robert Riches spamtrap42(a)verizon.net (Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)
From: Todd on 3 Oct 2009 18:10
Bob Hauck wrote: > On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:34:08 -0700, Todd <todd(a)invalid.com> wrote: > >> Sorry for neglecting to tell you all what Go To Assist >> Express (GTAE) was. It allows me to share the >> client's keyboard, monitor and mouse. Gets around >> most firewall problems too. > > What desktop environment do your users have? Both KDE and Gnome have > applets that will share the desktop to a VNC client (krfb for KDE and > vino for Gnome). Or there's always x11vnc which is a command-line thing > that has minimal dependencies on a desktop environment. > > Your distribution probably includes some or all of these. I will be using Kubuntu 9.04 on the clients workstations. My workstation is CentOS 5.3 with Xfce 4.4.2. I verified that my Kubuntu Virtual Machine has an icon for Krdp. This may be what I am after. Anyone know how it works. Also, one of my other concerns is my router's iptables firewall (my doing). I really do not want to program 65 port forwards. -T |