Bug#280539: ITP: conspy -- Remote control of Linux virtual consoles
> Haven't you decided the license and version yet?
GPL. The version was in the next email - keep reading!
> > Description : Remote control of Linux virtual consoles
> >
> > Conspy allows a (possibly remote) user to see what is displayed
> > on a Linux virtual console, and send keystrokes to it. It is
> > rather like VNC, but where VNC takes control of a GUI conspy
> > takes control of a text mode virtual console. Unlike VNC,
> > conspy does not require a server to be installed prior to being
> > used.
>
> Any advantage over screen running in a virtual console?
Yes - you don't have to run screen first. I actually use it like
VNC. Somebody rings the "help desk", while using a console app.
I take over their terminal, fix the problem. Also - it allows you
to see things screen doesn't - like syslog messages written to the
console. And it doesn't interfere with some key sequences like
screen does. In other words, it is designed to solve a different
problem to the one screen addresses.
A more direct competitor would be vtgrab. Unlike vtgrab this
doesn't require you to run a server first.
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