screen sharing

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What's the best way to allow app/screen sharing in WebEx / GotoMeeting / Hangouts etc. ?

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Hello The Flakes,

<thef...@gmail.com> schrieb am So., 29. Apr. 2018, 02:34:

What's the best way to allow app/screen sharing in WebEx / GotoMeeting / Hangouts etc. ?

I had to ask the same question when moving to Qubes OS as part of my job is heavily based on Collaboration and Screen sharing.

Working for an IT company/Cisco Partner I had the benefit that we can use some tools for free.

While I like WebEx it is a shame that there is no real solution for Linux and companies who are not providing cross platform solution should be "punished" by not using their products ;-)

As such I have looked at other alternatives like TeamViewer and AnyDesk as both solution can be run for free as an individual user and can be used for business when paid.

I prefer AnyDesk over TeamViewer as it is super easy to setup and  doesn't cost much when used for business.

Please consider that most screen sharing apps are closed source and as such can't be trusted.

Another option is to create a screen sharing "Proxy VM".

You could then run your Screensharing App there and use VNC to make a connection from there to your AppVM.

This includes to set firewall rules between both VMs to allow VNC.

But you could easily write a script which does all the necessary steps:

Idea:

qvm-screenshare start <ScreensharingAppVM> <Application> <AppVM> 

The Script will start the Screensharing AppVM, then launch the Screensharing Application in this VM.

Additionally it will setup the required firewall rules between both AppVMs

qvm-screenshare stop <ScreensharingAppVM> <AppVM> 

This will remove the firewall rules between both VMs.

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