Just to add to the conversation, you can also use the RDP plug-in through Chrome. It works pretty well, tying the computers you have access to to your Google account, allowing you to access them later with a PIN. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-remote-desktop/gbchcmhmhahfdphkhkmpfmihenigjmpp Since I found out about it, I've stopped dealing with SSH tunneling each time I want to get into my box at home. Of course, this is only an option if you don't mind letting Google store a little information. ;-) -Andrew On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Andrew S. Zbikowski <andyzib at gmail.com>wrote: > VNC can be a bit flakey when operating cross platform. If you have 3 or > fewer Windows and Mac computers you might want to try LogMeIn. Easy to > setup, no mucking about with ssh forwarding of VPN configuration, and on > Windows you can grab your console. You still can't do multiple simultaneous > users unless you use a Windows Server OS. When accessing LogMeIn on Linux > I'm guessing you would have to have Java enabled on your browser, but they > might have a cross platform Firefox plugin. Last time I tried in Chrome it > kicked me to the Java version. When you first sign up LogMeIn will give you > 30 days of the Pro edition, and if you don't pay them and have 3 or fewer > computers it will drop to the free edition (and occasionally ask you to > upgrade to the paid edition again, which can be ignored indefinitely.) > > -- > Andrew Zbikowski > http://andy.zibnet.us/ > Live every week like it's Shark Week. > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20121203/e322f7af/attachment-0001.html>