#xpra — Public Fediverse posts

As #xpra is not in #debian trixie, is there a recommended replacement?

Oh, Remote RDP, ob damit #x2go und #xpra der Vergangenheit angehören?
https://floss.social/@gnome/112128676734727356

Just like with MS Windows RDP I want with Linux to
1. log on locally with my account on myPC
2. lock the session (not log off) and leave the office
3. connect via RDP from anotherPC and take over the local session with all open windows (without unlocking the session on myPC as with VNC)

"Vice versa" (first starting a connection via RDP, resume locally on myPC later) should work, too.

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#Linux #RDP #RemoteDesktop #Shadowing #xRDP #freeRDP #xpra #X2go

Just like with MS Windows RDP I want with Linux to
1. log on locally with my account on myPC
2. lock the session (not log off) and leave the office
3. connect via RDP from anotherPC and take over the local session with all open windows (without unlocking the session on myPC as with VNC)

"Vice versa" (first starting a connection via RDP, resume locally on myPC later) should work, too.

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#Linux #RDP #RemoteDesktop #Shadowing #xRDP #freeRDP #xpra #X2go

Just like with MS Windows RDP I want with Linux to
1. log on locally with my account on myPC
2. lock the session (not log off) and leave the office
3. connect via RDP from anotherPC and take over the local session with all open windows (without unlocking the session on myPC as with VNC)

"Vice versa" (first starting a connection via RDP, resume locally on myPC later) should work, too.

1/2

#Linux #RDP #RemoteDesktop #Shadowing #xRDP #freeRDP #xpra #X2go

Just like with MS Windows RDP I want with Linux to
1. log on locally with my account on myPC
2. lock the session (not log off) and leave the office
3. connect via RDP from anotherPC and take over the local session with all open windows (without unlocking the session on myPC as with VNC)

"Vice versa" (first starting a connection via RDP, resume locally on myPC later) should work, too.

1/2

#Linux #RDP #RemoteDesktop #Shadowing #xRDP #freeRDP #xpra #X2go

Just like with MS Windows RDP I want with Linux to
1. log on locally with my account on myPC
2. lock the session (not log off) and leave the office
3. connect via RDP from anotherPC and take over the local session with all open windows (without unlocking the session on myPC as with VNC)

"Vice versa" (first starting a connection via RDP, resume locally on myPC later) should work, too.

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#Linux #RDP #RemoteDesktop #Shadowing #xRDP #freeRDP #xpra #X2go

@opsitive for specific cases of #linux client administration:
- #Wayland with #ssh -X/Y and #xpra
- #Pipewire
- Modern #dhcp clients and name resolution

@dadosch wie sind deine Erfahrungen so mit #xpra ? Wir wollen / müssen #x2go ersetzen und bisher sieht es ganz ok aus.

📝 Fernhilfe mit xpra

Remote-Support ist in Zeiten von Corona noch wichtiger geworden und auch für Wechselwillige zu #Linux kann es eine große Hilfe sein, wenn sie wissen, dass sie im Zweifel Direkthilfe aus dem Bekanntenkreis bekommen können.
Statt auf Dritttools wie #TeamViewer zurückzugreifen, kann man aber mit etwas technischem Geschick auch eine unabhängige Lösung mit #xpra und #Wireguard verwenden. Wie das geht, beschreiben wir in unserem neusten Beitrag:

https://anoxinon.media/blog/remote-desktop/

#xpra sorgt regelmäßig dafür, dass der Xserver (?) abstürzt und die externen Bildschirme kein Bild mehr anzeigen (kurzes Knacken aus den Lautsprechern, dann schwarz), bis das Laptop neugestartet wurde. Ich will gar nicht so genau wissen, was da vor sich geht…

#Xpra scheint kaputt zu sein... xpra list zeigt ganz kurz nach start noch als "live" an, ein paar Sekunden später nur noch als "unknown". Xpra attach liefert auch keine sinnvolle Fehlermeldung. Vor ein paar Tagen ging es noch🤔 Liegt es am GTK Update, ... 😐

@jeko i started looking into this after seeing vscode's pair programming functionality..stumbled across #xpra https://xpra.org/ and played with it but didn't go much further.

Very curious what you find!

@lunduke At long last, a way to actually write a novel while on the bus! Closest I've achieved is using #xpra to stream my server, but the HTML5 interface is so wonky it won't work on my phone...

Hmm, just encountered an odd crash with #xpra. I was connected just fine, but suddenly lost the connection and wouldn't restore it even after attempting to re-connect/restart the xpra server.

Turns out, it wasn't *xpra* that had crashed—it was x. And x had managed to crash in such a way that it was keeping the display I normally use occupied (but blank).

Restarting everything on a different `DISPLAY` solved the issue; all fine now, but a bit odd

@blu9

> I finally tried X forwarding for the first time. Very neat.

Agreed. I recently discovered #xpra, https://xpra.org/, which bills itself as "Screen for X". I like it even better than traditional X forwarding. (In fact, I'm using it right now in sending this toot)

I've also heard good things about X2go but haven't tried it (it's not in my distro's repo and I haven't gotten around to installing it)

@yisraeldov

> How does [#xpra] compare to x2go?

Well, I haven't used x2go enough to really compare the performance.

But the interaction model is different. With xpra, you attach to specific graphical applications running remotely, and then manage them exactly like they're graphical applications running locally. With x2go or vnc, you attach to the entire x session, and thus are managing things through an extra layer of abstraction (e.g., with things like your WM/DE)

Last week, I discovered #xpra ("Screen for X11"), and after a week of use, I'm impressed! https://xpra.org

I've used it to run graphical applications on one computer and interact with them from a different computer. And I can honestly say that I can't notice a difference compared to running the app locally.

It's basically what I always wanted #vnc to be—but without any of the lag I always experienced with VNC.