When a printer simply won’t print, when something has gone wrong with the package manager, or when other computer issues arise, it helps to be able to call on a friend, co-worker, or relative for help. However, you might not be able to meet in person, and the phone isn’t ideal for this type of situation – it requires a lot of patience at both ends of the line to describe the problems.
Professional administrators, as well as many computer-savvy sons and daughters, instead turn to remote desktop solutions such as Team-Viewer [1] or AnyDesk [2]. With the help of these programs, a connection can be established between two computers over the Internet, and you can operate the remote computer as if you were sitting at its keyboard. This works…