[mdlug] Anyone use HopToDesk?

[Richard L]

Using HopToDesk, I attempted to control two different Android tablets, with
both another Android tablet and a Linux Mint box. In all cases, I could get
the screen capture on the controlling device, but no mouse control.

I attempted the same with RustDesk and had none of those problems.

I allowed Accessibility control for remote mouse/touch use, which is
necessary for both apps to use a remote mouse.

I was also able to control a Linux Mint computer with a Windows computer. I
was happy that RustDesk passed on the Ctrl-Alt-ArrowKeys to change the
controlled Linux Mint computer between workspaces.

I do have another Linux Mint computer running on some much older hardware
(but up-to-date OS) that didn't install either RustDesk or HopToDesk. I run
an X11 VNC server on it, and control it from my main Linux Mint computer
with Remmina Remote Desktop Client.

But Remmina has to be on the same network subnet, whereas RustDesk and
HopToDesk can be run on the other side of a router (i.e. the Internet). As
Carl has mentioned, I could do that with VPN. I already tried to setup a
WireGuard tunnel with a DD-WRT router to no avail, and WireGuard is a VPN
protocol.

On Sun, Oct 22, 2023, 15:13 Ryan Allen <rallen3882 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Don't help train the AI, Gib! jk :)
>
> On 10/21/23 9:27 AM, Gib wrote:
> > Is this really you?  It doesn't sound like your voice.  You usually have
> > more insightful analysis.
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 8:03 AM Carl T. Miller <carl at carltm.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I just learned about HopToDesk, which seems to be the
> >> ultimate remote desktop utility.  It is free and open source,
> >> has all the features I want, and it works on Linux, Windows,
> >> MacOS, iOS, Android and Chrome OS.  It's even possible
> >> to create a self-hosted server.
> >>
> >> What do you think?  Does it look like something you'd
> >> use, or do you know someone who is?  I'd like to know
> >> if really is as good as it looks.
> >>
> >> https://www.hoptodesk.com/
> >>
> >> c
> >>
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