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Re:Xpra: Screen for X by philsnow on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @03:11PM (#7065806)
NX has a "rootless" mode, and a "desktop" mode. xpra has only the "rootless" mode.
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Re:Xpra: Screen for X by amtota on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @10:38PM (#7067925)
That's just not true anymore. You can get a desktop mode by running Xephir inside xpra.
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Re:Xpra: Screen for X by philsnow on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @01:01AM (#7101041)
Bah 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.

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