box464,
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Too many friends and family needing help. Guess it's time to switch to an opensource alternative to TeamViewer. Any suggestions?

Has to be super simple on both sides to allow control (and in some cases, unattended control)

eliasp,
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@box464 might be, what you're looking for, although it has to be taken with some caution, since it used some dirty hacks in the past (rewriting the login manager configuration to enforce X11 and some of its code was apparently not quite the best when it comes to security).
http://rustdesk.com/

jjdavis,

@box464 VNC? Though I've only used it with Linux. https://www.tightvnc.com/download.php

jjdavis,

@box464 While not open source, some time ago I tried the trial version of https://www.realvnc.com/en/connect/download/combined/ and it worked quite well, and AFAICS it doesn't have goofy restrictions like Teamviewer. Though I didn't go through all the fine print...

box464,
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@jjdavis Thanks! I've been trying this out for the past few days and it's exactly what I needed. Adding the link to the "Lite" path (free) if others happen by.

https://www.realvnc.com/en/connect/plan/lite/

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