Xlibre
Xlibre
Posted Jun 16, 2025 16:13 UTC (Mon) by intelfx (subscriber, #130118)In reply to: Xlibre by paulj
Parent article: Ubuntu 25.10 to drop support for GNOME on Xorg
> Is there a replacement for XPRA?
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> I still use ssh -X for some very graphically-limited apps - xterm mostly - but for anything using a modern toolkit you really need XPRA to get good performance.
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> I still use ssh -X for some very graphically-limited apps - xterm mostly - but for anything using a modern toolkit you really need XPRA to get good performance.
Waypipe does not need anything like Xpra to get good performance; you get it by default.
> And the persistence / immunity to transient network issues/moves is a nice bonus in some cases
There is no persistence, however. Earlier versions of Waypipe had rudimentary support for reconnection, but it was since dropped — not sure why, perhaps lack of interest on the sole developer's part.