vino-preferences should be called "desktop sharing" instead of "remote desktop"
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vino |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
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| vinagre (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| vino (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Vibhav Pant | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: vino
I frequently encounter people who misunderstand this, and I don't blame
them. In Windows, you can connect to your remote desktop as long as
you're allowed to do so. You don't have to be logged in before you can
log in. This seems obvious for a remote desktop solution. In Ubuntu,
however, the user who owns the desktop you wish to see, have to be
logged on first. This solution is quite appropriate, but the naming
should be altered to reflect the difference between sharing your desktop
with someone else and being able to work from a remote location.
Let me underscore that I'm not proposing this because of Windows. I
actually think the name "Remote desktop" itself implies that I can
connect to my own desktop from somewhere else. "Desktop sharing" would
be much more intelligible, I think. I share my desktop with someone, so
obviously, I have to be logged on first.
| Jo-Erlend Schinstad (joerlend.schinstad-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #1 |
| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in vino (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| Victor Vargas (kamus) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in vino (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| Changed in vino: | |
| status: | Unknown → New |
| Changed in vinagre (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
| status: | Invalid → New |
| Changed in vino: | |
| importance: | Unknown → Medium |
| Changed in vino: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in vino: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
| Changed in vino (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) → nobody |
| Changed in vinagre (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
| Jo-Erlend Schinstad (joerlend.schinstad-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in vino (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Wishlist → Medium |
| status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
| Changed in vino (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Vibhav Pant (vibhavp) |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
This also affects vinagre, in the package vinagre, of course. In its case,
the label should be changed to "View shared desktop" or something similar.