"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> ____/ jim on Tuesday 01 January 2008 05:40 : \____
>
>>
>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> ____/ Richard Rasker on Tuesday 01 January 2008 01:49 : \____
>>>
>>>> I'm with you so far. I'm one of those technicians.
>>>
>>> You ought to end this. I know some people who made it a rule that they
>>> will
>>> only assist in case of trouble with Free software. If Microsoft
>>> software
>>> fails, then Microsoft should be liable or at least chip in to help.
>>> Microsoft
>>> has grown a workforce of volunteers who grow up in Windows-oriented
>>> schools
>>> and then become unpaid support staff. By helping those whom you love,
>>> you're
>>> not ending this cycle. You can help friends and family better by urging
>>> them
>>> to take trouble-free software that you trivially can administer
>>> remotely,
>>> as
>>> well.
>>
>> Maybe you can help me with that - remote administration of Linux
>> desktops.
>>
>> I admit my ignorance of Linux applications freely. Is there an
>> application
>> like LogMeIn or GoToMyPC that works as well for Linux (fast and
>> responsive)
>> as they do for Windows?
>
> I was thinking along the lines of SSH (OpenSSH). Hypothetical case:
>
> Your nephew has an issue because he doesn't know how to install Opera.
> You log
> right in, run kcontrol/gnome-panel (or kicker, then doing all the GUI
> stuff).
> You're essentially (virtually) right there on the PC, assuming you have
> the
> root password. It's very simple and it's totally free.
In other words.... it's just like "Remote Desktop" which has been bundled
with every Windows computer for the past 8 years.
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