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Is there something I'm missing? Teamviewer is available for Linux and I've done remote support with it: https://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/linux/
I...assume it also works as the machine being remoted into?
Ah, I see. I only used it once, so it's not something I do often, but it worked perfectly for me as a client to a Windows computer.
I would probably go with VNC or something else instead of Teamviewer for supporting Linux desktops remotely. Maybe set people up with a pointy-clicky script to do a reverse SSH tunnel to a central host, or do it over a VPN connection.
Yeah, I'm not sure what the state of the art is these days. Maybe SPICE? I've used that to control VMs through tunneled SSH before.