I'm wondering what cheap or free screen sharing solutions people have found? I have someone working remotely on my project, and it would be handy to do some screen sharing sessions. The ideal solution would let you pass control back and forth, but passive viewing is ok (if it's free). The ideal solution would also be cross platform. Thoughts?
Ask YC: Best cheap or free screen sharing solutions?
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#2I use GoToMeeting. It's 50 bucks a month, so I'm not sure what your "cheap" parameter is.
I also don't know if it's cross-platform.
That being said, it's a great piece of software; I've been very pleased with it.
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#3Depending on OS, iChat works pretty damn well, and it has a feature for sharing presentations as well. But I'm uncertain as to whether that works at all with Windows or Linux programs.
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#4http://www.teamviewer.com/index.aspx
Good thing is that you don't even have to install. Free for non-commercial use.
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#5If you're using a text interface, GNU Screen is excellent. I use screen usually; VNC if I need to share a GUI
Re: Ask YC: Best cheap or free screen sharing solutions?
#6Check out http://meeting.zoho.com
It is in free while it is in Beta and even later it should remain affordable.
Supports Flash, Java and ActiveX modes, so your platform concerns are addressed.
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#7i don't understand, you're only sharing with one person? isn't that perfect VNC territory? both people can control the screen, it's free, it's open source, it's cross platform... what am i missing? what's fundamentally bad about this that no one else has mentioned it yet? maybe i'm just behind the curve on this.
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#8VNC.
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#9http://www.mikogo.com/Welcome.aspx
Mikogo is great and works seamlessly with Skype (but only on the Windows side). We use this internally; launching Parallels is a small price to pay to be able to be on the same page without having to be in the same room.
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#10If you're using a text interface, GNU Screen is excellent. I use screen usually; VNC if I need to share a GUI http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/
the annoying thing about screen is that both people need to log in using the same username to share a screen session. correct me if i'm mistaken.