Comment on What would you use to remotely support a computer with "LAN" access?

SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• notfromhere@lemmy.one ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In my experience, RDP locks the screen for anyone at the physical machine. It sounds like OP is wanting a simultaneous screen sharing.

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  • SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s odd. It does not lock the local user out on Ubuntu, and allows simultaneous use.

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    • notfromhere@lemmy.one ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sounds like a good option then!

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  • thejodie@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think that screen lock is really only the case in Windows. Most linux vnc servers either run their own completely separate X session or share the console session.

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    • notfromhere@lemmy.one ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      True enough for VNC but we’re specifically talking about RDP, which is supported by Linux Mint.

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      • thejodie@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That’s on me for typing vnc when I meant rdp, but nevertheless it’s true for both.

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• lambda@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I hadn’t tried it yet. I was just asking to get a census of what’s popular before I dug in too deep.

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  • SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Gotcha. As usual with Linux, there are lots of ways to crack the nut. I would be inclined to go with the built-in option, in this case. Less likely to break.

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