On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 14:26:26 +0100 <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 10:47:07AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > > In the days I used MS Windows, I had a suite of progs that allowed > > me, when run on both boxes, to see the desktop of one box in a > > window on the other, and mouse and keyboard actions in that window > > would act on the remote box. > > > > Is there something similar in Debian ? > > You want the whole desktop, or a couple of graphical programs? > > In the first case, look for packages satisfying the virtual package > vnc-server (for server side) or vnc-viewer (for viewer side). > > In the second case it's as easy as "ssh -X". >
Ron was not completely clear here. Only the 'professional' versions of Windows have the standard RDP server, but all versions since about 2000 have had 'remote assistance', which is an RDP connection to the logged-on local user's desktop, with both parties having mouse and keyboard input and both seeing the same desktop. It is used, as implied, for remote assistance with problems the local user is experiencing. It may be this latter feature which Ron is looking for. -- Joe
