Anybody have any recommends for PCAnywhere-type services?

1 pointsoditogre17y ago8 comments

I thought there was a YC company that did that sort of thing, but at any rate, anybody have any preferred services? VNC might also be acceptable (I've used TightVNC elsewhere before). Assume Windows on both ends.

*Edit: Oh...and on the cheap, preferably, but not to the extreme that it's at the expense of quality / security.

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lsc17y ago

RDP is actually a little better than VNC if you are using windows (imo)

personally, I do everything in Linux in a shell. The only GUI I use on a regular basis is the web browser. With SSH, unless your connection is just horrible, it's difficult to tell if you are working locally or on a box hundreds of miles away. But if you want a GUI, that doesn't help you. Use RDP.

yan17y ago

http://www.copilot.com from Fog Creek Software works well.

brk17y ago

Why do you need a service? Just asking, but it seems like if you're mildly technically oriented and have control of the endpoint machines, then VLC or RDP is going to be cheap (free) and as good or better than any hosted application.

oditogreOP17y ago

You could be right; I'm just asking for people's personal, specific preferences (e.g., exactly which VNC?). There's far too many different options out there to try them all, so I was hoping to get some names that people have found they like.

brk17y ago

Which do you want, a paid service, or a screen/keyboard protocol/program ala VNC?

They're kind of 2 different approaches. If you own and control both endpoints, then VNC or RDP is likely the better way to go. If you're trying to connect to various end-point PCs that move around a lot and don't want to deal with firewall issues, then things like Go To My PC or copilot are going to be better, but the two approaches aren't really competitive, they solve different problems.

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oldgregg17y ago

for osx, jollyfastvnc is the only game in town

http://www.jinx.de/JollysFastVNC.html

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