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have Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Can I safely delete Desktop Sharing? I am concerned that I might not get the updates I need from Ubuntu. Thanks

Karina
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Desktop Sharing is in no way related to desktops. It's purpose is to allow remote login to your desktop if you chose so.

In fact , the updates and desktop sharing are related to two different programs.

For desktop sharing the program is called vino. You can safely remove it with running

sudo apt-get remove vino

in terminal.

Now if you want to ever use it, but don't want it to be enabled by default you can either disable it through Startup Applications or do

mv /etc/xdg/autostart/vino-server.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/vino-server.desktop.bak

(which moves the actual file that calls vino to start on every GUI login, to a file with .bak extension , which won't be called on GUI login)

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  • Thanks Serg. I actually have an application called Desktop Sharing. The preferences do not allow me to disable it. If I use vino will this disable that application. I understand sharing, but don't want this application. In the software center I can remove (uninstall) it. That would be my choice if I don't screw up anything else. .... your thoughts. – Karina Aug 20 '15 at 16:06
  • @Karina Desktop Sharing is just generic name. The actual program that does the work is vino. Do this awk '/Name/||/Exec/' /etc/xdg/autostart/vino-server.desktop in terminal. The file has two fields - Name ( how program appears to the user ) and Exec (what actually runs). You will see that for the name it says "Desktop Sharing" but actual executable is vino-server – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Aug 20 '15 at 16:11
  • You're welcome. Let me know if you need any other help, and welcome to the askubuntu site ! :) – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Aug 20 '15 at 16:44