Every time I try and run Ubuntu on one of my main machines, I’m stonewalled by some Windows-only requirement. LogMeIn is one of those requirements that I just can’t do without. I’m frequently in a situation when I can only access the web through the standard HTTP and HTTPS ports, so LogMeIn is the dead-simple solution.

Guacamole has just eliminated that need. This HTML5/JavaScript VNC viewer requires no software or plugin, and works with any HTML5 compatible browser.  Because you can run Guacamole an HTTPS server (Apache Tomcat), the entire session is encrypted and secured.  The setup is pretty easy, but if you don’t already have Tomcat set up with HTTPS, you’ll be spending most of your setup time configuring that.  Thanks, Guac!