Bug 164186

Summary:	KRDC plasmoid (for showing a remote display)
Product:	[Applications] krdc	Reporter:	Bassio <ahmedbassi>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Urs Wolfer <uwolfer>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	david.heijkamp, postix, uwolfer
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Bassio 2008-06-15 22:34:47 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.0.5)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

I don't know if this is possible or not .. but can there be in existence such a thing as a VNC plasmoid.

Imagine: Having a widget on your desktop No.2 to control your other pc in that other room .. (be it linux or a mac or a windows)

I can't imagine porting the code from Krdc to a plasmoid will be that difficult .. correct?

What made this idea pop into my head is that I happen now to be with an extra unfortunately-monitorless CPU :)

Extra idea: is that if the other computer is not online .. then the widget can display a blank black "off" screen .. like a TV turned off for example.. or glassify it with a notice: Desktop "blah blah blah" is now offline.

An option will also be provided like: auto-connect on startup .. auto-connect only on showing respective desktop etc etc.

What do you think?

Comment 1 Urs Wolfer 2008-06-16 22:26:10 UTC

Sounds like a nice idea. I will have a look at this after 4.1 release.
(and yeah, sharing code with KRDC is possible withouth problems.

If you have any further ideas, just comment here :)

Comment 2 David Heijkamp 2011-10-15 09:05:28 UTC

Going through old plasma bugs... Any update on an implementation of this idea?

Comment 3 Urs Wolfer 2011-10-15 09:09:53 UTC

Unfortunately no news here.

Assigning feature request to KRDC.