| stef204 | hi, I need to take control remotely of a friend's computer on a different continent, so I can upgrade her system from 15+ to 16.04 LTS | 16:20 |
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| stef204 | she is really not skilled in IT so it will be difficult to get her to do much beyond installing a package | 16:21 |
| stef204 | I was thinking of using Remmina with VNC | 16:21 |
| JohnDoe_71Rus | remote upgrade system for long-distance travel ;) | 16:23 |
| stef204 | this means she would have to go into vino-preferences | 16:23 |
| stef204 | I see this https://askubuntu.com/questions/155477/how-do-i-remotely-control-another-ubuntu-desktop-from-ubuntu | 16:23 |
| stef204 | which seems simple enough | 16:23 |
| stef204 | BUT..... | 16:23 |
| JohnDoe_71Rus | may be just ssh? | 16:24 |
| stef204 | not so easy. I tried it here locally and already running into problems even though I checked the box UpNP | 16:24 |
| stef204 | I think I have to open a port in router | 16:24 |
| stef204 | JohnDoe_71Rus: not sure it will help since I really doubt she has a sshd running | 16:25 |
| JohnDoe_71Rus | for vnc port need to | 16:25 |
| stef204 | and she is behind a run-of-the-mill consumer router | 16:25 |
| stef204 | time warner or something like it | 16:25 |
| stef204 | which probably blocks ports | 16:25 |
| stef204 | yes, I need a port for vnc as well although I thought checking hte Upnp option in vino would be enough | 16:26 |
| stef204 | I can port scan her first (with her permissions, obviously) and see if she has an open port | 16:27 |
| JohnDoe_71Rus | https://www.teamviewer.com | 16:27 |
| stef204 | but I doubt it | 16:27 |
| stef204 | JohnDoe_71Rus: that's what I DON'T want to use, TeamViewer | 16:27 |
| apt-ghetto | Instead of the easy solution we try first the complicate solution? | 16:27 |
| stef204 | I hate it and do not trust it | 16:27 |
| JohnDoe_71Rus | but work use teamviewer servers | 16:27 |
| stef204 | RealVNC apparently offers some type of Cloud solution where both ends connect to | 16:28 |
| JohnDoe_71Rus | i don't trust to | 16:28 |
| stef204 | RealVNC says connection is encrypted but who is to know for usre. But that doesn't matter so much as the only activity would be the upgrade | 16:29 |
| stef204 | is there a software firewall enabled by default in Lubuntu (15+)? | 16:30 |
| stef204 | if yes, that would be additional trouble, on top of her router | 16:31 |
| lubot | Bubblbu was removed by: Bubblbu | 22:11 |
| ShellcatZero | I just installed Lubuntu-core on an Ubuntu Server 18.04 as it's primary desktop environment, and most of the menu icons appear to be missing for whatever reason. Installing Lubuntu-desktop did not help either, any ideas? | 23:23 |
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