xpra
xpra (X Persistent Remote Applications) is 'screen for X'.
This application allows users to run X programs, usually on a remote
host, direct their display to your local machine, and then to
disconnect from these programs and reconnect from the same or another
machine, without losing any state.
It therefore differs from standard X forwarding in that it
allows disconnection and reconnection without disrupting the forwarded
application. Another difference is that xpra is "rootless" i.e.,
programs run under it show up on the desktop as regular programs,
managed by the standard window manager, instead of being confined
inside
a box.
Xpra uses a custom protocol that is
self-tuning and relatively latency-insensitive, and is therefore usable
over network connections that are too slow or unreliable for standard
X forwarding.
xpra 0.8.8
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Price
Free to download
Size
0.5MB
License
GNU GPL v2
Developer
Nathaniel Smith, Antoine Martin
Website
xpra.org
System Requirements
Wimpiggy
Support
Sites:
Old version,
Mailing
List
Selected
Reviews:
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Features include:
- System tray menu for easy disconnection
- Memory Mapped data transfers for local connections
- JPEG and PNG image compression (optional), including
adaptive JPEG mode (bandwidth constrained)
- Non-US keyboard layout support
- Handles screen update storms and fast screen refresh rates
- Much lower CPU overhead in network code
- Support for password protection option for securing plain
TCP connections
- Forwarding of system bell and custom application cursors
- Forwarding of application notifications (requires its own
dbus daemon)
- Support for Xdummy and the RandR extension which fixes a
number of otherwise unfixable display bugs (ie: #1, #2)
- Ability to disable pulseaudio and clipboard synchronization
- Clean client disconnection
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