Nicolas George <geo...@nsup.org> writes: > Frank Guthausen (HE12025-04-25): >> Maybe it is overkill for what you want, but you can use x2go to >> have this kind of remote ressource usage for an entire desktop. > > Thanks. But a full desktop is definitely what I do not want. This is the > great thing about Xpra: like good old remote X11, but fast and > detachable.
x2go isn't limited to full desktop, one can set it up to run one app or what it calls "published apps" which basically means those remote gui apps with .desktop files. I haven't used it much recently though. Otherwise though, I've never found it to be fast, it always likes to take its time connecting, even on a lan. Worked OK when it got going though. Keyboard handling was weirdly buggy. As I recall, it ignored anything xmodmapped when first connecting but after reattaching things worked. Reliability too was a problem, especially with reattaching, at some point it was very much hit-or-miss and mostly miss. Couldn't reattach or x2go said it did but no window appeared. As for xpra, I've tried it some years ago but I didn't find documentation beyond "this is how to start a remote program." As I recall, I was unable to figure out anything beyond that, like how to detach, how to reattach.
