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This is different. This is forwarding on the application level, not the entire screen.
by kcbanner 13y ago
This is different. This is forwarding on the application level, not the entire screen.
- angerman 13y agoIsn't that what NX does as well?
- paol 13y agoYes. If you're already using NX there's nothing to see here.
- philsnow 13y agoNX has a "rootless" mode, and a "desktop" mode. xpra has only the "rootless" mode.
- amtota 13y agoThat's just not true anymore. You can get a desktop mode by running Xephir inside xpra.
- philsnow 13y agoBah now we're into semantics, but say you're running xpra on display :1. Running an Xnest or Xephyr inside that can't re-use the :1 display. Further, you can run multiple Xnests/Xephyrs inside an xpra session. I stand by my statement that xpra has only a "rootless" mode, but I will agree that with Xephyr (which is a less-sucky Xnest), there is less of a difference anymore.
- joeyo 13y agoIt may not matter to you, but xpra feels a lot more light-weight than NX. Installing/using xpra feels like tmux or ssh. NX feels like an enterprise software suite.
- dded 13y agoIt definitely matters. I've always struggled with NX. VNC is easier, but slower.