Recently in LogMeIn Free Category
I've been meaning to try LogMeInFree, a program/service that allows you to access a Windows (and now Mac) box from a remote location through a Web browser.
It's like GoToMyPC but with the promise of being free. Forever, presumably.
I tried it out, and it works.
So far, I've controlled one XP machine via Firefox on a Ubuntu-equipped laptop.
Seamless is the word I'm looking for.
What prompted me to finally try LogMeIn Free? Two recent ZDNet blog posts:
by Dana Blankenhorn
by Zack Whittaker
Dana's article in particular got me thinking that programs like LogMeIn are the perfect way to leverage our Linux machines into doing the few dirty tasks that we must use our Windows boxes for. In my case, it's a few apps that a) run only in Windows and b) for which I don't have the luxury of possessing the install discs so I can try them under WINE or in a virtual machine (assuming I could even get a virtual machine to work and to then run Windows; i.e. it looks too damn hard).
Zack Whittaker's iGeneration blog has quickly become a must-read. His post on The Killer Apps of Academia is well worth bookmarking for future reference.
He mentions quite a few apps I use every day, from the obvious (Firefox, OpenOffice) to the less-so (Notepad++, Audacity).
Among the ones I hadn't heard of but want to try immediately are LogMeIn Free, which, if the description is correct, is like GoToMyPC, letting you control a Windows PC from a remote location, but without the costs involved. There is a "Pro" version with more features, but the fact that there even is a free version warms my cockles considerably.
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