Ask HN: Alternatives to Team Viewer? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Team Viewer?

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Post by jerelunruh » Wed, Jun 01, 2016, 4:24 PM UTC

The best alternative that I've used for end user support is Remote Utilities: https://www.remoteutilities.com/ They have an executable that non-technical users can easily download + run in addition to a version for unattended access.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Team Viewer?

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Post by ben_pr » Wed, Jun 01, 2016, 4:25 PM UTC

I use nomachine, works on Linux and Windows. I have a VPN installed at all locations and the software runs behind that.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Team Viewer?

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Post by mutaaf » Wed, Jun 01, 2016, 4:30 PM UTC

Chrome Remote Desktop is the best solution I have used. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-remote-desk...

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Team Viewer?

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Post by thedaemon » Wed, Jun 01, 2016, 4:30 PM UTC

simlevesque wrote: post #11

RDP ? Why doesn't anyone use the official protocol for remote desktop on Windows ? It's fast. I say this as a unix dev that likes to RDP into a Windows box to test stuff.

I use Terminals https://terminals.codeplex.com/ for all my RDP sessions and some SSH sessions as well. It's very useful.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Team Viewer?

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Post by snerbles » Wed, Jun 01, 2016, 4:33 PM UTC

hjuutilainen wrote: post #16

https://www.nomachine.com/

NoMachine works quite well on a headless Mac Mini. You'll need a display emulator dongle to prevent OSX rendering artifacts: https://www.amazon.com/CompuLab-fit-Headless-Display-Emulato...

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Team Viewer?

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Post by w8rbt » Wed, Jun 01, 2016, 4:37 PM UTC

You should list more detailed requirements. Are the hosts you manage behind network firewalls and/or NAT? Do you expect to be able to initiate requests in, or does the client initiate requests out?

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Team Viewer?

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Post by sashk » Wed, Jun 01, 2016, 4:38 PM UTC

I've been using join.me and HipChat's builtin screen sharing. Back in days, when I had to manage many Windows hosts, I've used Radmin (https://www.radmin.com/).

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Team Viewer?

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Post by Aldo_MX » Wed, Jun 01, 2016, 4:44 PM UTC

pat_space wrote: post #15

simlevesque wrote: post #11

RDP ? Why doesn't anyone use the official protocol for remote desktop on Windows ? It's fast. I say this as a unix dev that likes to RDP into a Windows box to test stuff.

windows 10 home doesn't include RDP

the last time I checked it included the client, anyway, you usually don't mount a server with windows home.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Team Viewer?

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Post by lhabjane » Wed, Jun 01, 2016, 4:50 PM UTC

dharma1 wrote: post #13

MatzeBraun wrote: post #9

http://anydesk.com

I've been meaning to test this - how is the video codec, they say it's much better than others? I mainly use remote windows sessions for modeling/rendering with 3DS Max

Best alternative, but it's still in the making. Unstable on Windows XP and buggy sometimes.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Team Viewer?

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Post by Aldo_MX » Wed, Jun 01, 2016, 4:51 PM UTC

dharma1 wrote: post #19

simlevesque wrote: post #11

RDP ? Why doesn't anyone use the official protocol for remote desktop on Windows ? It's fast. I say this as a unix dev that likes to RDP into a Windows box to test stuff.

OpenGL doesn't work with RDP - it's an issue for using some apps remotely. https://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/showthread.php/1981...

I remember reading a while ago about a virtual GPU with RemoteFx[1], I have no idea how it works though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RemoteFX