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Remote Control Of A Linux Desktop?

Posted by Cliff on from the who-needs-pc-Anywhere-anyways dept.

Brian L. asks: "I am developing a product for Linux that is, in essence, a source code editor for a high school audience. Is there a way that the teacher could watch the screens of the students, and even interact with them (by stealing mouse and keyboard control to demonstrate a concept, for example) I've seen (shudder) iMacs do this quite nicely, but I have seen no such similar application for Linux. How could it be done?"

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  1. I hate to say it by peccary · · Score: 4

    But google is your friend.

    Look for "X multiplex", for example.
    There are a couple of different ways to do this, that have been around for a long time. One of them is named xmx. Another might be called xmove, or xmond. I haven't used them recently, but I did some stuff like this with XFree86.3.*