[GRLUG] Sligtly OT, .. VNC

[Godwin]

Strange on the second desktop in Lx. My buddy has a Chromebook I connect to
and we share his viewable screen.

On Sat, Oct 1, 2016, 5:29 PM Thomas Wodarek <kc8zpq at gmail.com> wrote:

> I like ChromeRemoteDesktop as well, but it does pose a few problems:
>
>    - It's pared directly with a Google Account.  Not bad if you're using
>    it for personal stuff, but annoying to work around in a business setting
>    - I think UAC prompts aren't caught by the listening server
>    - At least for linux hosts, it spins up a separate virtual desktop for
>    your use.  Nice to connect and disconnect for always-remote use, but
>    annoying if you want to view the desktop you had locally on the machine.
>
> It still works really well, just a few annoying parts to work around.
>
> On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 11:07 AM, Godwin <godwin at grandrapids-lug.org>
> wrote:
>
> Different approach, but Google Chrome has an extension Remote Desktop that
> works reliably across firewalls and cross platform.  I use it from/to
> Win10, Mac, and ChromeOS (Linux).  Not something over which you have total
> control as it goes across Google servers, but it couldn't be easier.
>
> G-
>
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2016, 1:51 PM L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
>
> We have used UVNC for many years for supporting a few Windows machines,
> but it is just unstable on Win10, and it actually requires a Windows VM
> just to run the listener (but it DID allow a repeater in the middle to
> bypass firewall problems).
>
> Has anyone found a VNC solution that will meet the following criteria:
>
>  * Run a server on Win10 (UltraVNC is broken here)
>  * Allow a repeater with session ID (i.e. three-point link)
>  * BIG plus for running the viewer on Linux as opposed to Windoze!
>
>         Thanks!
>
>         Lee
> k
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