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Display remote X session (complete desktop) in one client X window

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Mar 15, 202627231 views
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Situation: From Windows I connect to a remote Linux using putty with X11 port forwarding. Xming is able to display the desktop session in ONE Windows window. If I connect from Linux with "ssh -Y host" I can start remote X programs that use the local X server to display their content. Several progra…

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Fix for: Display remote X session (complete desktop) in one client X window

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It's possible to have this if you launch a second X11 server in a "single window" mode. (In other words, exactly like you're doing it on Windows.) Use Xephyr or Xnest for this: The X11 server determines how windows are displayed: you can run X11 ful…

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