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VNC. It requires some manual setup (a server as well as clients), but it is free (as in freedom) software, so unlike TeamViewer there are no restrictions on how
by ralmidani 10y ago
VNC. It requires some manual setup (a server as well as clients), but it is free (as in freedom) software, so unlike TeamViewer there are no restrictions on how you use it.
I use Debian GNU+Linux, where TightVNC is one of the best options, and it has worked great for professional pair programming.
Digital Ocean did a great article on how to get set up: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-vnc-server-on-debian-8 https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-...
- roywiggins 10y agoYes but that does you very little good when you need to provide remote tech support to your parents. VNC doesn't help you forward ports through router firewalls or provide dyndns so you can actually find the IP address of the computer you installed it on.
- benjohnson 10y agoIf you have a forward on your firewall, you can tell the remote party "right-click on the VNC icon in the lower right, add new client, and punch in $MY_IP_ADDRESS" Their VNC service will connect to your VNC viewer. You can also script it - I have a Cygwin service that I made that checks a website for a command to trigger a reverse VNC connection.
- netheril96 10y agoDoesn't work when your family is behind double NAT.
- akira2501 10y agoWhy wouldn't it? It only relies on the ability to create a single outbound TCP connection; surely double NAT doesn't impede that? If both parties are double NAT, then sure, you have a problem, but aside from that; as long the party you are connecting to doesn't -- it should work fine as described.