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24 .TH Xnest 1 "24 Jun 2009" |
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25 .SH NAME |
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26 .PP |
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27 Xnest \- a nested X server |
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28 .SH DESCRIPTION |
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29 .PP |
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30 The |
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31 .BR Xnest (1) |
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32 X server is no longer included in this release. |
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33 .PP |
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34 The |
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35 .BR Xephyr (1) |
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36 and |
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37 .BR Xvnc (1) |
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38 servers provide similar functionality of acting as an X server to other |
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39 clients, and displaying their output in a window on another X server. |
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40 .PP |
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41 .B Xephyr |
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42 acts as a simple X client which is displayed on another X server, while |
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43 .B Xvnc |
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44 provides a X server which can be connected to from a Remote Frame Buffer (RFB) |
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45 protocol client such as |
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46 .BR vncviewer (1), |
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47 allowing for the session to continue between connections and for connections |
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48 to occur from multiple viewing computers. |
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49 Both |
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50 .B Xephyr |
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51 and |
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52 .B Xvnc |
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53 offer more support for modern desktop environments and newer X extensions |
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54 than the older Xnest server did, and avoid several limitations of the Xnest |
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55 server that were due to Xnest's reliance on passing most requests through to |
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56 the underlying server. |
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57 .SH "SEE ALSO" |
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58 .IR Xephyr (1), |
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59 .IR Xvnc (1), |
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60 .IR vncviewer (1), |
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61 .IR X11 (5). |