Vino was a
VNC server for the
GNOME desktop environment
In computing, a desktop environment (DE) is an implementation of the desktop metaphor made of a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating system that share a common graphical user interface (GUI), sometimes described as a graphica ...
, the GNOME developers now recommend using "gnome-remote-desktop" instead.
Configuration up to version 3.8.0 was via the ''vino-preferences'' program. This was removed from the packages after that version, since the ''gnome-control-center'' could then be used alternatively to control settings.
However, Vino is also useful in some other Linux distributions, which may not use GNOME desktop; and where ''gnome-control-center'' is not present: this leaves those distributions with no preference editor. For these distributions, (Lubuntu is one example, being based on LXDE, not GNOME), the alternative configuration manager tool ''dconf-editor'' is recommended (''sudo apt install dconf-editor'' to install). The VNC settings can then be accessed under ''org'' -> ''gnome'' -> ''desktop'' -> ''remote-access'' using that tool.
References
External links
Vino Wiki Pageon wiki.gnome.org
Vino giton git.gnome.org
Vino roadmapon wiki.gnome.org
GNOME Applications
Remote desktop software that uses GTK
Free software programmed in C
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