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.

  • ruplicant@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    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

  • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    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.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Rustdesk has pretty good performance compared to VNC or RDP. Other than that I haven’t done much in the way of testing.

      • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        0·
        11 months ago

        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 :)

        • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          For my personal setup I just set the server to 127.0.0.1 and I access it with ssh. I also use sunshine for gaming.

  • magikmw@lemm.ee
    3·
    11 months ago

    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.

  • krnl386@lemmy.ca
    5·
    11 months ago

    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?

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      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.

  • PracticalParrot@discuss.tchncs.de
    1·
    11 months ago

    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.