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Bug 625623 - vino-preferences should be called "desktop sharing" instead of "remote desktop"
vino-preferences should be called "desktop sharing" instead of "remote desktop"
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: vino
Classification: Applications
Component: Server
2.28.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: 3.2
Assigned To: Vino Maintainer(s)
Vino Maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-07-29 21:26 UTC by Victor Vargas
Modified: 2011-04-29 12:41 UTC
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Description Victor Vargas 2010-07-29 21:26:37 UTC
This report was originally filled at:
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vino/+bug/509818


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.
Comment 1 David King 2011-04-16 11:33:13 UTC
I agree with the reasoning, and the change seems sensible. It might make sense to rename the associated icons at the same time as the Vino string changes, so this will need a little thought.
Comment 2 David King 2011-04-28 19:06:23 UTC
Fixed with commit ba5d54b2f0b535db29b59341e4506a4bcdd92844. On second thoughts, the icons are fine as they are, so this is now fixed.
Comment 3 Victor Vargas 2011-04-29 12:41:39 UTC
Thank you!