S6E19: "A Remote Chance"

Posted 2021-11-07 23:59
Modified 2021-11-07 23:25
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In this episode, we talk about remote management viewing tools you may not be aware of.

• Just the Tip
• Notes
• 15 Clams
• Errata
• Music

Just the Tip

• Paden talks about direnv, a tool that will apply environment variables conditionally based on which directory your PWD is.
  • Paden and I generally find it an unnecessary overcomplication.

Notes

Starts at 26m29s.

I was drinking a “Black Christmas” (black spiced rum and apple cider). Paden was drinking water. Jthan was drinking Hogback High Wheat bourbon.

• Remote management tools
  • Apache Guacamole
    • HTML5-based VNC, RDP, and SSH client.
  • Chrome Remote Desktop is pretty cool for supporting non-technical family members, etc.
  • Gnome-terminal (and a slew of other terminal emulators) have tab support, which is handy for SSH…
    • But if you’re looking for something with a couple more features (and some cool stuff like mirroring text input/mouse actions/etc. across multiple machines at once), check out Vinagre.
    • Remmina is, I think, the best remote management viewer tool I’ve used. Hands-down.
      • It’s very similar to RDCMan, if you’re on Windows (which is quite serviceable, and probably the best Windows option for RDP viewing).
  • Slightly related is byobu, which is some fantastic sugar over GNU screen or tmux.
    • Some people swear by MobaXTerm but it’s kind of trash. At that point just use something like MTPuTTY.
  • X2Go is your answer for Terminal Services/Remote Desktop Services functionality on Linux targets.
    • GDM can be used remotely via XDMCP.
  • Stuff like Citrix can safely be considered entirely obsolete. They are (should be) no longer relevant in the industry.

15 Clams

In this segment, Jthan shares with you a little slice of life. The title is a reference to this video. (2m16s in)

Starts at 51m40s.

Jthan wants to use minikube now since Docker Desktop changed licensing and shit.

Errata

• It was indeed “almost November” when we recorded the episode. :)
• Some dude’s wife really left him mid-review of whiskey.
• Passing env vars to a parent process in Linux is literally impossible, Jthan. It’s not doing what you think it’s doing.
• NoMachine is actually still owned and developed by NoMachine (the company).
  • FreeNX is a viewer client only. There doesn’t seem to be a F/OSS NoMachine daemon option.

Music

Author r00t^2
Categories Season Six