Everything about Desktop sharing

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Desktop sharingA 5-minute orientation
2. Pick up a classic book: Running LinuxThe most-reprinted book on the subject
3. Read the landmark paper: Distributed cooperative control for application sharing based on multiparty and multimedia desktop conferencing systemCited 9 times
4. Go sideways: Remote desktop softwareA closely related topic
5. Go sideways: VNCA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Distributed cooperative control for application sharing based on multiparty and multimedia desktop conferencing system

  T. Ohmori, K. Maeno, S. Sakata · 1992 · ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review · 9 citations

• Two ILLiad Clients, One Desktop, Purchase on Demand: Sharing a University's Collection, Staff, and Expertise

  Cynthia Bertuca, Carol Lelonek, Rena Tuohy · 2009 · Journal of Access Services · 6 citations

• A comparison of application sharing mechanisms in real-time desktop conferencing systems

  S. R. Ahuja, J. R. Ensor, S. E. Lucco · 1990 · ACM SIGOIS Bulletin · 4 citations

• A Desktop Screen Sharing System based on Various Connection Methods

  Yuya Negishi, Nobuo Kawaguchi · 2005 · IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems · 1 citations

• Remote Desktop Sharing for Collaborative Work in Virtual World

  Rustam Rakhimov Igorevich, Dugki Min · 2015 · Advanced Science Letters · 0 citations

• Task scheduling scheme by checkpoint sharing and task duplication in P2P-based desktop grids

  Joon-Min Gil, Young-Sik Jeong · 2014 · Journal of Central South University · 0 citations

• Shared desktop: A collaborative tool for sharing 3-D applications among different window systems

  Lawrence G. Palmer, Ricky S. Palmer · 1999 · Computer Standards & Interfaces · 0 citations

• Implementation of File Sharing and Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) by Utilizing Local Area Network (LAN)

  Sofyan, Yessy Asri · 2024 · Jurnal Inotera · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Running LinuxMatt Welsh, Lar Kaufman · 1995
• Digital media toolsNigel P. Chapman, Nigel Chapman · 2001
• Absolute beginner's guide to computer basicsMichael Miller · 2003
• iPadJ. D. Biersdorfer, David Pogue · 2010
• How Linux WorksBrian Ward · 2004
• Windows Vista for dummiesAndy Rathbone · 2006
• The Macintosh bible, "what do I do now?" bookCharles Rubin · 1990
• Windows 10 for dummiesAndy Rathbone · 2015

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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