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Like all Apache projects it seems like it's very well documented for engineers who work with it, but not really explained for newcomers :) Does it log in into

Like all Apache projects it seems like it's very well documented for engineers who work with it, but not really explained for newcomers :) Does it log in into its own session or takes control over an active session on the machine? My use case is this - My parent is using Ubuntu and in case she reports a problem, I'd like to be able to log into her session, share control over the mouse pointer so that she can show me what she's doing and I can also navigate around to uncheck the checkbox or sth like that. Is Guacamole the right solution? If not, anyone knows a good one?

rkangel 9y ago
That's entirely down to configuration on the target. Guacamole is just an in browser client, so it depends how the server is set up. For VNC, if your server is set up using X11VNC then you will be logging into the existing session, whereas if you set it up it TightVNC or Vnc4Server (can't remember what's in the Ubuntu repos) then it will be a separate session.
- zbraniecki 9y ago
  hmm, I thought guacamole has both server and client. The target machine is Ubuntu 17.10 on Wayland. Not sure if X11VNC will work with that :(
bitwize 9y ago
RDP dude. Or something like GoToMyPC. Open-source solutions for things like this are generally developed as infrastructure, or a basis for future work. Proprietary solutions are built for people to actually use.
- mikewhy 9y ago
  RDP: - Does not work on Ubuntu - Would not solve this issue - Needs a special licence to allow multiple users to connect simultaneously
  - niutech 9y ago
    RDP servers do work under Linux, see: FreeRDP (http://www.freerdp.com/ http://www.freerdp.com/) and XRDP (http://www.xrdp.org/ http://www.xrdp.org/)
voltagex_ 9y ago
Although the Linux version uses Wine, TeamViewer works well.
- cerberusss 9y ago
  I second TeamViewer, really like it and works across Windows, Linux and Mac. I had a lot of trouble getting TeamViewer to install on my cloud VMs. It needs a physical desktop or something close to it. On DigitalOcean and Scaleway, this didn't work. On Vultr and Linode, it works fine.
  - voltagex_ 9y ago
    I've used TeamViewer on AWS and VirtualBox VMs just fine. Can you give more information as to what problems you've had?
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rkangel 9y ago

That's entirely down to configuration on the target. Guacamole is just an in browser client, so it depends how the server is set up. For VNC, if your server is set up using X11VNC then you will be logging into the existing session, whereas if you set it up it TightVNC or Vnc4Server (can't remember what's in the Ubuntu repos) then it will be a separate session.

zbraniecki 9y ago
hmm, I thought guacamole has both server and client. The target machine is Ubuntu 17.10 on Wayland. Not sure if X11VNC will work with that :(

bitwize 9y ago

RDP dude. Or something like GoToMyPC. Open-source solutions for things like this are generally developed as infrastructure, or a basis for future work. Proprietary solutions are built for people to actually use.

mikewhy 9y ago
RDP: - Does not work on Ubuntu - Would not solve this issue - Needs a special licence to allow multiple users to connect simultaneously
- niutech 9y ago
  RDP servers do work under Linux, see: FreeRDP (http://www.freerdp.com/ http://www.freerdp.com/) and XRDP (http://www.xrdp.org/ http://www.xrdp.org/)

voltagex_ 9y ago

Although the Linux version uses Wine, TeamViewer works well.

cerberusss 9y ago
I second TeamViewer, really like it and works across Windows, Linux and Mac. I had a lot of trouble getting TeamViewer to install on my cloud VMs. It needs a physical desktop or something close to it. On DigitalOcean and Scaleway, this didn't work. On Vultr and Linode, it works fine.
- voltagex_ 9y ago
  I've used TeamViewer on AWS and VirtualBox VMs just fine. Can you give more information as to what problems you've had?

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