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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Best remote control option to support non-techies (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 month ago by rbn@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hello all,

I'm planning to install Linux Mint on the notebooks of some relatives as it's not compatible with Windows 11 and thus not getting security updates anymore. They are absolutely not tech savvy and only using very basic stuff (web browser, print documents, maybe low level office stuff). Still I'm looking for a way to support them with some kind of remote control software if they have an issue. On Windows I liked Teamviewer for it's simplicity, they can double click the icon and tell me the code that is displayed and that's it. Is there something similar for Linux which doesn't require complex setup on their end? FOSS is a plus, but not a must have.

Regards, rbn

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[–] doodoo_wizard@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Someone already said massgrave, and they’re right, but I wanna be 100% clear: Microsoft can’t take these away. If they did then smart fridges would be complaining about how they’re not registered, massive enterprises would have to completely change how they provision systems, pc manufacturers would have to change their processes and even if it was as simple as a change to the generic disk image they ship (it’s not) they’d have to handle all the systems out there in the world.

And

Even if Microsoft went ahead anyway and removed the ability to use some method (like they did with kms38, which had nothing to do with mas and everything to do with addressing the end of the Unix epoch) there are methods they cant effectively remove like hwid.

Anyway, go to the massgrave page about 21h2 iot ltsc and read up.

[–] Majestic@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago

All that would happen absolute worst case scenario if MS breaks this is your users would get a whining complaint about not being activated. Get a small "Activate Windows" logo stuck in the lower right hand of their screen and would lose the ability to change wallpapers, customize windows colors, etc.

To be clear it wouldn't break the install and it would leave it in a state in which you could use an updated version of MAS (reminder MAS supports multiple activation options) to fix it remotely.