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Teamviewer alternative for Debian

Posted on 3/10/25 at 9:25 am
Posted by notsince98
KC, MO
Member since Oct 2012
19959 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 9:25 am
Are there any good teamviewer alternatives for Debian? I have used chrome remote desktop but I dont like having to logout and have separate login session for it to work. I just want something that can run under the logged in user on the Debian machine (headless).

Teamviewer works perfect other than the once a year song and dance where they claim it isn't being used for personal use.
Posted by Dallaswho
Texas
Member since Dec 2023
2420 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 10:19 am to
It’s sounds like you have a good solution going for you. That’s another rabbit hole with 100x VNC clients out there along with multiple server options. People love X2go but I haven’t tried it.
I’ve also seen some gaming/multimedia focused packages out there but don’t know anything about them.
Posted by LEASTBAY
Member since Aug 2007
15617 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 10:29 am to
Look at RustDesk maybe.
Posted by dakarx
Member since Sep 2018
7824 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 12:15 pm to
Apache Guacolmole Should handle pretty much any remote access you can need, all via HTML5.

Setup/configuration it pretty simple, very low latency.
Posted by bluebarracuda
Member since Oct 2011
18829 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 1:34 pm to
SSH or VNC not an option?
Posted by notsince98
KC, MO
Member since Oct 2012
19959 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 2:16 pm to
quote:

SSH or VNC not an option?


SSH: no

GUI is a requirement with unattended access. VNC might be OK.

I'm testing out AnyDesk right now and it seems pretty solid. Downside to AnyDesk is no option to do unattended access via browser. I'd like to have that option, too.
Posted by XanderCrews
Member since Mar 2009
783 posts
Posted on 3/11/25 at 9:08 am to
Not 100% sure what feature sets you are looking for, but I have been pretty happy with ninja remote monitoring.
Posted by notsince98
KC, MO
Member since Oct 2012
19959 posts
Posted on 3/11/25 at 9:14 am to
quote:

Not 100% sure what feature sets you are looking for, but I have been pretty happy with ninja remote monitoring.


The 2 biggest requirements are unattended GUI access and unattended GUI access via a browser.

The debian box is just a remote workstation so it needs to operate like a standard workstation.
Posted by Tiger_n_Texas
Member since Aug 2014
1253 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 9:40 am to
quote:

I'm testing out AnyDesk right now and it seems pretty solid.


I use AnyDesk to access my media server. Works well from my laptop or android phone. I did have to get them to whitelist my IP a few months ago as they flagged it as commercial use account.
Posted by notsince98
KC, MO
Member since Oct 2012
19959 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 9:58 am to
quote:

I did have to get them to whitelist my IP a few months ago as they flagged it as commercial use account.


Well that is annoying. That is a yearly ordeal with Teamviewer. Do you think that was a onetime issue or will it be recurring?
Posted by Tiger_n_Texas
Member since Aug 2014
1253 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 10:25 am to
I've been using AnyDesk ever since TeamViewer starting flagging everyone as commercial a couple years ago. This was the first time I had an issue with AnyDesk since the switch. I'm hoping that it was a one time request. If I recall, it was very painless. Just filled out a form on their site and a couple days later my account was back to normal.
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