Screen Share: Remote Shadow & Control

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VNC: Remmina / Vino

Installed on thinlinc and available for all major linux distros.

Thinlinc:

[host] share screen: Applications > Remote Desktop > Desktop Sharing
- [on] Allow other users to view your Desktop.
- [on] Allow other users to control your Desktop.
[guest] join screen share: Applications > Remote Desktop > Remmina

Q: I'm the host, I want disconnect all guests!
- A: [host] Click on the 'Desktop Sharing' icon in the top panel and choose Disconnect <user>.
Q: Fast way to join on a screen share?
- A: [guest] Check the Remmina symbol in the top panel. Click on it and you'll see all your saved buddies.
Q: The name of my colleague doesn't appear in the chooser list!
- A: [host] Let the colleague open a terminal and type: vino.sh - this will restart the 'Desktop Sharing'.
Q: Double click on the colleague name open's the window and shows Can't connect!
- A: [guest] Stop Remmina and start again. Explanation: if the colleague log off from thinlinc and log in again, a new server might be assigned. With restarting Remmina the buddies list is updated with the latest server/buddy pairs.
Q: Sharing is fine, but the window is to big - it should be scaled!
- A: [guest] On the left side switch on 'Toggle Scale Mode'
Q: The [host] says there is no 'screen share request' to acknowledge!
- A: [host] Sometimes the window with the screen share request is in the background - look at the bottom task list for a window with 'bold' text, click on it and it comes to the front.

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