TOtotaam·Jul 12, 2024
Apart from the SSH connection?
The short answer is (probably) very little, the long answer is more complicated:
https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra/blob/master/docs/Usage/Secu...
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7 sourcesYou're making it way more complicated than it should be.
Just edit the defaults in `/etc/xpra/conf.d/40_client.conf`:
https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra/blob/eedf34ecef3a04d0867709...
(or your personal defaults in `~/.config/xpra`)
In Xpra: Persistent Remote Applications for X11Xpra: Persistent Remote Applications for X11
201 points · Open discussionUpdate: I've been playing around with Xpra, and it's pretty nice. What a pleasant change compared to VNC hell!
https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra
In Why is remote desktop slow when host monitor is off unless HDMI cable is used?FWIW I had decent success with Xpra on Linux, and it's still being actively developed, e.g. the HTML5 client is considered stable now: https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra/
In Why is remote desktop slow when host monitor is off unless HDMI cable is used?I use xpra for similar purposes (https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra/)
> Xpra is known as "screen for X" : its seamless mode allows you to run X11 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(s), without losing any state. Effectively giving you remote access to individual graphical applications. It can also be used to access existing desktop sessions and start remote desktop sessions.
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