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Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Team Viewer?

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Post by dogma1138 »

unprepare wrote: post #48
dsp1234 wrote: post #36

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That's what "Window Remote Assistance"[0] is for. "By following a few steps, you can invite someone to connect to your computer. After he or she is connected, that person can view your computer screen and chat with you about what you both see. With your permission, your helper can even use his or her own mouse and keyboard to control your computer and show you how to fix a problem." [0] - http://windows.microsoft.com…

yeah cuz i want to spend half an hour explaining how to send an invite to the CEO who cant connect to his email 5 minutes before a critical meeting.... in other words, teamviewer requires 0 user interaction

If you can create scripts that do that for you....

If it's a domain computer you don't even need that.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Team Viewer?

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Post by dharma1 »

unprepare wrote: post #49
Aldo_MX wrote: post #30

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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

RemoteFX works really good, but it only works on specific hardware iirc

Had never heard of RemoteFX before, thanks.

Looks like it works on almost any new GPUs now.

Question - Could I use hyper-V and RemoteFX to do something different - enable CUDA/GPU passthrough from a Windows host to a Linux VM?

I'd like to do some deep learning training on my Windows GPU machine without dual booting into Linux.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Team Viewer?

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Post by unprepare »

dharma1 wrote: post #52
unprepare wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

RemoteFX works really good, but it only works on specific hardware iirc

Had never heard of RemoteFX before, thanks. Looks like it works on almost any new GPUs now. Question - Could I use hyper-V and RemoteFX to do something different - enable CUDA/GPU passthrough from a Windows host to a Linux VM? I'd like to do some deep learning training on my Windows GPU machine without dual booting into Linux.

you need a CPU that supports VT-IO (intel, not sure of teh AMD version)

then you can passthrough hardware directly into a VM, theres some tricks and workarounds to it depending on your hypervisor/main OS

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Team Viewer?

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Post by unprepare »

dogma1138 wrote: post #51
unprepare wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yeah cuz i want to spend half an hour explaining how to send an invite to the CEO who cant connect to his email 5 minutes before a critical meeting.... in other words, teamviewer requires 0 user interaction

If you can create scripts that do that for you.... If it's a domain computer you don't even need that.

scripts are fallible, especially when the user is in another country with no access to the DC

servers is one thing, user support is another animal.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Team Viewer?

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Post by Machiq »

If you are an Industrial Machine builder/Industrial OEM, you might be interested in our marketplace for remote diagnostic services. The remote screensharing tools are backed into the platform via WebRTC. We however don't offer remote control.

www.machiq.com

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Team Viewer?

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Post by mbrike »

Well if you're up for something completely new, you can check out eHorus. They're still in beta phase but the application is very promising and solid nevertheless. The plus side is that they also include double factor authentication which gives them a big security advantage when compared to Team Viewer. You can check their webpage http://ehorus.com out and see what you make of it.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Team Viewer?

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Post by Nullabillity »

dharma1 wrote: post #52
unprepare wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

RemoteFX works really good, but it only works on specific hardware iirc

Had never heard of RemoteFX before, thanks. Looks like it works on almost any new GPUs now. Question - Could I use hyper-V and RemoteFX to do something different - enable CUDA/GPU passthrough from a Windows host to a Linux VM? I'd like to do some deep learning training on my Windows GPU machine without dual booting into Linux.

Xen or KVM can help you do the reverse.
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