Linux @lemmy.ml elucubra @sopuli.xyz 6 days ago

Rustdesk alternative?

I've been using rustdesk for while, and it works very well for me. The news of it being somewhat opaque, and developed from China, makes me a bit nervous.

Is there a FOSS equivalent that won't make me jump through hoops, and be easily installed by someone else remotely?

I would like to be able to have it run at startup in Linux and windows, have a fairly complete feature set, like file transfer, copy paste, etc.

Also it'd be great if it could be easily installed by someone else remotely. I do SMB support, usually onsite, which is why it's not cost effective to pay for a Teamviewer or Anydesk license.

I'm taking a look through flathub, but recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

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Rustdesk is FOSS, no? You could certainly run an instance yourself to be more comfortable with where the data is going.
- The installer has included a root certificate before that gets installed without asking. Also there are some code blobs in the code iirc.
  
  Also how they handled the initial wayland "support".
  
  It is relatively easy to smuggle in backdoors if you are the maintainer of the code and afaik there was not even an independent audit.
  
  Saying it is fine just because of it being OS is really naive.
  
  Code blobs? Can you show where?
  
  I cannot, i did some searches when i wrote the comment but could not find info about it. It is possible that i am confusing it with another project. I added a iirc but maybe that was not clear enough that i am not sure about it.
  
  Idk what iirc means
  
  if i recall correctly

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