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From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: How to run X11 apps remotely?
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 18:18:09
Message-Id: t1d3sg$b1k$1@ciao.gmane.io
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] How to run X11 apps remotely? by Grant Edwards
1 On 2022-03-22, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote:
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3 > How does one run "modern" X11 apps remotely?
4 > [...]
5 > I do not want a "remote desktop". I just want to run a single
6 > application on a remote machine and have its window show up locally.
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8 It looks like xpra will do what I want: https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-wm/xpra
9 It's interesting that it's classified as a window manager.
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11 From https://xpra.org/:
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13 It gives you remote access to individual applications or full
14 desktops.
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16 Xpra is usable over reasonably slow links and does its best to
17 adapt to changing network bandwidth constraints.
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19 haven't tried it yet...

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