Sysadmin @lemmy.world Possibly linux @lemmy.zip 10 mo. ago

Rustdesk: a open source remote desktop software

About a year ago I introduced Rustdesk as an experiment. For those who don't know Rustdesk is a piece of software that allows remote access. You can use the public servers or you can use your own private server.

It has been a massive success and a game changer in my company. The biggest benefit to Rustdesk is that it allows you not only to share your screen but to connect to other peoples screens. That doesn't sound like much of a game changer but having a simple UI that can be taught to people that aren't tech savvy is very useful. It has powered collaboration internally.

I just thought I'd share my experiences.

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I’ve been using the self-hosted open source version for just over a year now for personal use (friends and family). I’m pretty happy with it.

Has anyone tried the commercial version with the web interface?
- Honestly I mean this in the nicest way but the commercial version really doesn't interest me. I think Rustdesk should just have a SaaS that is just the normal server hosted by them for a fee. If they could bundle some sort of support into into it we would be golden.
I've tries it for a while and there were configuration issues, including being unable to lock it down securely so people don't start sharing screens with griefers. It's still on the radar since I honestly hate keeping TV on the network.
- I'm assuming TV means Team viewer
  
  Yeah sorry for abbreviating.
Do you know how it compares to NoMachine, Any Desk, or Team Viewer for speed over a LAN connection? I've tried all three in the past, and get slowdowns every now and then, even if the network is fine.
- Rustdesk has pretty good performance compared to VNC or RDP. Other than that I haven't done much in the way of testing.
  
  Thank you :)
  
  I've found that VNC can have some slowdowns, but it seems to be faster than the others I mentioned. I can't remember why I switched away from it now though.
  
  It sounds like it's worth giving Rustdesk a try, so that might be my next project :)
Rustdesk for me is fantastic, it's completely replaced everything else. Except for 1 small hitch, that I cannot seem to solve, and I don't know if it is Rustdesk's fault, but it's the only service I am hosting that has this problem. LAN can connect to LAN, and external can connect to external. However local machines cannot communicate with devices outside my network, and devices outside my network cannot communicate with LAN devices.........

Fixed it by using VPN on my machine, so I'm no longer within my own network, and using... Another program for when I need to connect to my local machines outside of my own network.
i've been using it to support friends and works very well, the weird part is that i have access to those computers at anytime if they're on, without settings available to require the user's permission! it seems quite invasive. because of this i have instructed them to block/remove it until it's needed again

before this, what would people use to access Windows desktops from Linux? i know about VNC but didn't find a client for both
- Try meshcentral.
- anydesk is fairly popular afaik and cross platform, just not FOSS. I used to use it to control my steam deck from my Windows PC. One major upside is anydesk requires the user to accept a connection before control is handed over
  
  i forgot about that criteria, being FOSS. i've used AnyDesk before, but avoid doing so now.
  
  i've also used Remmina, but some of the people i support use Windows Home edition, which doesn't include an RDP server. i don't kbno if i could use it with VNC
- I personally like the fact that it runs in the background by default. It simplifies a lot of thinks that way.

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