LogMeIn Free: September 2008 Archives
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).
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