• lemmyvore
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    107 months ago

    I’m not sure what this offers vs just using any screen sharing method, or SSH, with a mesh VPN.

    • @[email protected]
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      67 months ago

      I think it offers not having to know enough about each of those pieces to pick one of each and set them up.

      • @[email protected]
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        6 months ago

        If you’re using a Pi I don’t see why you’d want to avoid learning Linux. Setting up and connecting to SSH servers is an essential skill for anybody doing anything on Linux that isn’t purely desktop use.

        • @[email protected]
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          26 months ago

          While I generally agree that they should, I disagree that they should have to.

          SSH and then some sort of VPN for remote terminal access isn’t too bad.

          It has been a decade or more since I tried setting up VNC, but I never could figure out how to connect to an existing X session. Has that setup gotten better?

            • @[email protected]
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              16 months ago

              Hehe.

              Won’t this new service help avoid that for users who haven’t figured out how to safely expose a system to the Internet?

              • TigrisMorte
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                16 months ago

                There is no such “help”. Either you learn what is going on and how to monitor or you are simply another easy target.

      • TigrisMorte
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        16 months ago

        Under no circumstances should anyone have a device exposed to the Internet unless they have learned about all of those.

        • @[email protected]
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          16 months ago

          Isn’t that the point of the new features? Now remote access can be had without directly exposing the device to the internet?

        • pbjamm
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          16 months ago

          Like it or not Wayland is going to be the future of Desktop Linux. Preparing for that future is a good thing.

          • lemmyvore
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            06 months ago

            OK but it’s not ready now, objectively speaking. Don’t you think it’s a bit of a dick move from your OS to ship a version that breaks VNC and doesn’t offer an alternative?