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 *** TODO Pong Jake when finished
 
 ** TODO Setting LXC up for local "cloud" development
-* Education                                                  :@Education:
+** TODO Nebula
+:PROPERTIES:
+:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: nebula-remote-support
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: :toc true
+:END:
+One of the things many of us struggle with when settings friends and
+family up with Linux is remote support. Commercial solutions like
+[[https://www.realvnc.com/][RealVNC]] and [[https://rustdesk.com/][RustDesk]] do exist and function very well, but are often more
+expensive than we would like for answering the odd "I can't get Facebook
+open!" support call. I've been on the lookout for suitable alternatives
+for a couple years but nothing has been satisfying. Because of this, I
+have held off on setting others up with any Linux distribution, even the
+particularly user-friendly options such as [[https://linuxmint.com/][Linux Mint]] and [[https://elementary.io/][elementary OS.]]
+If I'm going drop someone in an unfamiliar environment, I want to be
+able to help with any issue within a couple hours, not days and
+/certainly/ not weeks.
+
+[[https://linuxunplugged.com/421][Episode 421 of LINUX Unplugged]] gave me an awesome idea to use [[https://github.com/slackhq/nebula][Nebula,]] a
+networking tool created by Slack, [[https://libvnc.github.io/][X11vnc,]] a very minimal VNC server, and
+[[https://remmina.org/][Remmina,]] a libre remote access tool available in pretty much every Linux
+distribution.
+
+*** Nebula
+
+#+BEGIN_QUOTE
+
+Nebula is a scalable overlay networking tool with a focus on
+performance, simplicity and security. It lets you seamlessly connect
+computers anywhere in the world. Nebula is portable, and runs on Linux,
+OSX, Windows, iOS, and Android. It can be used to connect a small number
+of computers, but is also able to connect tens of thousands of
+computers.
+
+#+END_QUOTE
+
+*** X11vnc
+
+*** Remmina
+
+* Education                                                      :@Education:
 ** TODO Homeschooling
 * Music                                                              :@Music:
 * Pipe Smoking                                               :@Pipe__Smoking: