Sharing your Desktop with VNC

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Share your current running desktop with VNC on Ubuntu. Combine with the ssh tunneling page for encryption.

Install X11VNC

 sudo apt-get install x11vnc

Set a password for VNC

 vncpasswd

Start the VNC Server

 x11vnc -usepw

or if giving a presentation 

 x11vnc -usepw -viewonly -shared
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