RealVNC Introduces VNC Wayland Developer Preview

[schmidtbag]

They used to be able to do that.

Well GDM did at least. That was before the GNOME developers completely lost their minds.

lightdm still does it. Here's a snippet of /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf for a debian setup:

#
# VNC Server configuration
#
# enabled = True if VNC connections should be allowed
# command = Command to run Xvnc server with
# port = TCP/IP port to listen for connections on
# width = Width of display to use
# height = Height of display to use
# depth = Color depth of display to use
#
[VNCServer]
#enabled=false
#command=Xvnc
#port=5900
#width=1024
#height=768
#depth=8

@Luke_Wolf
Hmm, I knew about KRDC (it's a nice application) but not KRFB. Then again, I don't have a need to remotely access my KDE setup.

[Luke_Wolf]

I strongly disagree. I welcome RealVNC's efforts. It doesn't mean I'm even going to use their product, but for the time being it's nice knowing we've already got working remote desktop for wayland. It should only be a matter of time until we get a free open source VNC server/client for wayland.

Honestly though what surprises me is that the desktop environments don't supply their own remote desktop support. If they stick with standard protocols, it should work pretty effectively, and with such integration you could do cool things that no standard VNC would do, like a smaller viewport that automatically follows the mouse pointer, or a viewport that automatically resizes and "attaches" itself to the active window.

Technically KDE does, look up KRDC and KRFB

[Gusar]

Is this the first commercial software the openly supports Wayland?

Nope. There's SailfishOS which runs on the Jolla phone, and then there's IVI (In-vehicle Infotainment) systems based on Tizen that use Wayland.

[seedo]

Is this the first commercial software the openly supports Wayland?

[johnc]

The good thing is that they provide feeback upstream to developers on stuff and propose stuff which should get us all an API and the basic structure needed upstreams.

It would be cool if the login manager (i.e GDM, KDM, LightDM, etc) could directly login to a remote desktop.

They used to be able to do that.

Well GDM did at least. That was before the GNOME developers completely lost their minds.

[uid313]

I strongly disagree. I welcome RealVNC's efforts. It doesn't mean I'm even going to use their product, but for the time being it's nice knowing we've already got working remote desktop for wayland. It should only be a matter of time until we get a free open source VNC server/client for wayland.

Honestly though what surprises me is that the desktop environments don't supply their own remote desktop support. If they stick with standard protocols, it should work pretty effectively, and with such integration you could do cool things that no standard VNC would do, like a smaller viewport that automatically follows the mouse pointer, or a viewport that automatically resizes and "attaches" itself to the active window.

The good thing is that they provide feeback upstream to developers on stuff and propose stuff which should get us all an API and the basic structure needed upstreams.

It would be cool if the login manager (i.e GDM, KDM, LightDM, etc) could directly login to a remote desktop.

[schmidtbag]

If it ain't free open source software, then they can shove it up where the sun don't shine.

I strongly disagree. I welcome RealVNC's efforts. It doesn't mean I'm even going to use their product, but for the time being it's nice knowing we've already got working remote desktop for wayland. It should only be a matter of time until we get a free open source VNC server/client for wayland.

Honestly though what surprises me is that the desktop environments don't supply their own remote desktop support. If they stick with standard protocols, it should work pretty effectively, and with such integration you could do cool things that no standard VNC would do, like a smaller viewport that automatically follows the mouse pointer, or a viewport that automatically resizes and "attaches" itself to the active window.

[uid313]

source or gtfo

If it ain't free open source software, then they can shove it up where the sun don't shine.

[phoronix]

Phoronix: RealVNC Introduces VNC Wayland Developer Preview

For nearly one year we've known about RealVNC being interested in Wayland support for their commercial VNC products and last year they proposed a remote access protocol for Wayland. Today, RealVNC has put out a developer preview of its VNC software for Wayland...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTczODg