Supporting org.freedesktop.RemoteDesktop1

[Aleix Pol]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2026 at 2:24 PM David Edmundson
<david at davidedmundson.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >leaving the door open for a v3 that addresses software distribution
>
> What's the potential issue with software distribution?

I just wouldn't want for the system to require the service to be in
the Plasma namespace.

> In flatpak it's just:
>     "finish-args": [ "--talk-name=org.freedesktop.RemoteDesktop1"]
>
> Snap seems to have a mechanism to request to talk to custom DBus services too.
>
> Then it's on us in Discover to say "It's a remote desktop service" at
> install time, rather than at run time which is kinda the better place
> for something serious.

Sure, it might be good enough. Let's remember to add a banner in
Discover and such once the feature is available.

Maybe having some status notifier saying the system is being remotely
monitored/controlled could be interesting as well. Like we do with
cameras.

Aleix