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Rustdesk: a open source remote desktop software (lemmy.zip)
submitted 10 months ago by possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip to c/sysadmin@lemmy.world
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About a year ago I introduced Rustdesk as an experiment. For those who don't know Rustdesk is a piece of software that allows remote access. You can use the public servers or you can use your own private server.

It has been a massive success and a game changer in my company. The biggest benefit to Rustdesk is that it allows you not only to share your screen but to connect to other peoples screens. That doesn't sound like much of a game changer but having a simple UI that can be taught to people that aren't tech savvy is very useful. It has powered collaboration internally.

I just thought I'd share my experiences.

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[–] ruplicant@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

i've been using it to support friends and works very well, the weird part is that i have access to those computers at anytime if they're on, without settings available to require the user's permission! it seems quite invasive. because of this i have instructed them to block/remove it until it's needed again

before this, what would people use to access Windows desktops from Linux? i know about VNC but didn't find a client for both

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Try meshcentral.

[–] Caboose12000@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

anydesk is fairly popular afaik and cross platform, just not FOSS. I used to use it to control my steam deck from my Windows PC. One major upside is anydesk requires the user to accept a connection before control is handed over

[–] ruplicant@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

i forgot about that criteria, being FOSS. i've used AnyDesk before, but avoid doing so now.

i've also used Remmina, but some of the people i support use Windows Home edition, which doesn't include an RDP server. i don't kbno if i could use it with VNC

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 months ago

I personally like the fact that it runs in the background by default. It simplifies a lot of thinks that way.