Comment 1 for bug 1978113

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fprietog (fprietog) wrote :

Partly adapted from LP: #1970139

I think that the meaning of "basic" feature in an OS is something that can't be stated universally because it depends of the usage done by each set of users. In my opinion remote desktop is a "basic" feature because I use the Raspberry Pi remotely, and for a Raspberry Pi that's not an unusual usage. So I think it should be mandatory tested before releasing.

You may think that it's not a "basic" feature as it can be sorted using other software, but it creates several problems:

- for the users because we need to look for and to set-up and alternative (another RDP or VNC server, SSH X-forwarding...) if it doesn't work and it costs us time. Also not all users have the knowledge to do it in an easy way.

- actually the default Ubuntu's remote desktop server, gnome-remote-desktop, is the only remote desktop that works under Wayland. If it doesn't work you need to switch to X11. It may be a problem for some users or apps that rely on Wayland.

- it gives "bad press" to the distribution when something that is managed in the main settings of the distribution just don't work.

Thanks and regards.