[Hidden-tech] Remote desktop control software

[Paul Stallman]

Try https://join.me/  It's free, also works on mobile devices.  Pretty cool.



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On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Chris Hoogendyk <hoogendyk at bio.umass.edu>wrote:

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> I haven't used it in exactly that way, but take a look at Timbuktu. I use
> it all the time for remote
> access to computers. It works nicely. I just don't know what it does if
> more than one remote person
> wants to connect at the same time. The menu implies that it should work
> (there is an option, for
> example, to "disconnect current users" <- plural).
>
>
> On 4/25/11 3:36 PM, Andy Klapper wrote:
> > I am starting a new consulting contract with a customer with offices in
> NYC
> > and Northampton and they want to be involved in the work that I'll be
> doing
> > for them.  One of the things that we will need for this to work is
> software
> > that will allow two, possibly three, people to share a
> > computer/keyboard/mouse so we can collaborate as if we were all standing
> > around a single machine in the same physical location.  There appears to
> be
> > several free and for a fee services that allow you to perform some or all
> of
> > what we want, though some are geared towards giving presentations (Goto
> > Meeting - I can share my machine to give a presentation) or geared to
> remote
> > support (CoPilot - I can take control of somebody else's computer for the
> > purpose of providing remote IT support).  I'd love to have something that
> > allows you to do both with true keyboard/mouse sharing so I can release
> > control to another engineer and they can then modify code and turn
> control
> > back to me.
> >
> > Of course free is better, but a small fee for a better experience would
> not
> > be out of the question.
> >
> > So my fellow consultants in the wilderness do any of you have experience
> > with these kinds of tools and can you recommend a good tool and/or
> service
> > for remote collaboration?
>
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