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Review on TightVNC by David Roberts

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Great VNC Server & Client software and free/open Source !

I like that it's open source, so anyone can build apps for their own needs without having to pay licensing fees or rely solely upon an app store! It also has very good documentation which makes learning how easy this tool really could be if you have some technical background (like me).

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There are many features of tightvncserver we're not using because they aren't supported in Linux by default; however there were things available out-of box such as VMWare Viewer integration but no way around getting Windows installed just yet :( As mentioned earlier though - great docs with examples provided too make up most part what isn' t working at first glance :) We've been able remotely access our Macs when needing them from home over VPN via ssh tunnels through SSHing into my linux server where i run vncclient instead :D.

Pros
  • It's free, open source, cross OS, and cross devices platform independent
Cons
  • Not many native linux apps and the native apps that do exist don't work well with linux server