When comparing TightVNC vs guacamole, the Slant community recommends TightVNC for most people. In the question“What are the best Linux platforms/tools for virtualizing GUI apps and viewing them remotely?” TightVNC is ranked 2nd while guacamole is ranked 3rd. The most important reason people chose TightVNC is:
TightVNC has some good file transfer capability with which you can transfer files back and forth with your remote system.
Specs
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Pros
Pro File transfer capability
TightVNC has some good file transfer capability with which you can transfer files back and forth with your remote system.
Pro Support for many clients
Using standard web application protocols supports many clients
Pro Supports both VNC or RDP
supports multiple target desktop protocols
Cons
Con Needs port forwarding activated
In order to use TightVNC you need to have port forwarding activated within your router.
Con Missing support for several keyboard layouts
It doesn't have support for some keyboard layouts (French and Japanese for example).