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DWService

#1 Post by labbe5 »

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Need to access your PC remotely, but don’t have time to install bloated programs like TeamViewer and others? Consider trying out DWService; it’s a remote control service for Mac, Linux, and Windows that allows anyone to access computers, or in this case access a Linux PC from a browser, remotely for the internet.

Note: to successfully use DWService on Linux, install the app on both PCs.


wget https://www.dwservice.net/download/dwagent_x86.sh

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Mike Walsh
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#2 Post by Mike Walsh »

Of course, there's always Smokey01's 'BackSeatDriver', for which I assembled packages. This accomplishes remote control very well.....and at 3.5-4 MB all-in, I'd hardly call it bloated.


Mike. :wink:

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#3 Post by Mike Walsh »

Now then, boys & girls...

I've given this a try-out this afternoon. It works very well, in fact.

For Windows & Mac, you apparently run this direct in the browser. For Linux, there's a shell-script you need to download, and use. You can put this anywhere; just click on it, and it runs.

It needs to be installed (or at least running, and 'active') on both machines at either end.

It's quite similar in terms of operation to TeamViewer, at a guess. You use the same process of letting the person at the other end have a username (in this case, a 14 digit number) and a password (a 4-digit number).

The difference being that where TeamViewer uses Qt to produce its fancy GUI, DWService simply displays itself and its functions in your browser, instead. Which cuts down on a lot of overhead, since we all have a browser, right?

Although this is a shell-script, it's not a shell-script like we're used to. You can't open it with Geany and have a look inside, 'cos it's all proprietary, binary 'data'.

The initial test was between Xenialpup64 on the desktop, and Upup 'Raring' on the old Dell lappie. It's obviously not architecture-specific, since it worked fine at both ends.....and indeed, the download is labelled as being for both, anyway.

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I've put together a couple of packages; a .pet, with a Menu entry, to make use a bit more simple. Or there's a tarball, with just the script itself inside. (It's all you really need, since you can click on it, and it'll run; in this respect, it's definitely 'portable'.)

You can find then here, at my GoogleDrive:-

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

Help yourselves to which one you want.

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Start it at both ends. Don't select 'Install'; just select 'Run', instead.


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Having selected 'Run', click on 'Next'. It quickly downloads a couple of items, then you'll see the following:-


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You now have a 'Username', and a 'Password'. At this point, you can go to a second machine (having got the script running there, too), and, in your browser, go to:-

https://www.dwservice.net/

.....where you'll find a log-in screen, very similar to TeamViewer. Enter your details, and hit the 'Sign-in' button. After this (may take a few seconds), you'll get a page with a range of things you can choose, including file-sharing, where you can upload from the other machine if you wish.

The choice is yours. When you're finished, close the tab, and close the 'app'. Nice find, labbe5!

Cheers.


Mike. :wink:

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