Howdy Selfhosters!

A family member who does not live in my state recently got a new PC, and asked for my help in setting it up. Since it can’t be done in person, I’ll have to do this over the phone. Problem is, I don’t really want to walk them through all of the steps (download Firefox, ublock origin, uninstall W11 bloat, etc) over the phone. I was hoping there exists a software that I could host on my Linux machine (I am able to port forward/host externally if necessary), and instruct them over the phone to download the “other end” (client-side) of the software so that I can remote in and set their PC up myself.

I checked out the awesome-selfhosted list and found that most of the remote access softwares are mainly for SSH servers. I did check out Guacamole, but I’m not sure I understand how to utilize the software. Any help and suggestions are welcome. Thank you everyone!

  • NastyNative@mander.xyzEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Quick assist is built into windows so you dont need to install or download anything. Both of you just need to be on windows! It works great!

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 days ago

    a software

    ‘Software’ is not a word that get an ‘a’ article. So

    I was hoping there exists software that

    or

    I was hoping there exists a software package that

    Having said that, you can install UltraVNC and have it ‘call home’; and it works very well.

    Edit: Wow. So many people hate UVNC.

  • Err(()).unwrap()@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    RustDesk. It works like TeamViewer: install the client on both machines, have the relative read out the client ID and one-time password over the phone, and you can connect immediately. It has self-hostable server components, but you can use the public relay servers without having to configure anything on the clients. You don’t have to open any ports on the firewall either.