From: lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca   
      
   I should clarify this reply a bit...   
      
   On Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:29:53 +0000, Lew Pitcher wrote:   
      
   > On Fri, 26 Apr 2024 14:55:04 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >   
   >> Hi,   
   >>   
   >> A friend has asked if it is today possible to login graphically to a   
   >> Linux machine and obtain a *new* session. Not login to an existing   
   >> session. And get a full desktop with all features.   
   >   
   > Sure, it's possible. I do it regularly when I'm away from home.   
   >   
   > The only "tricky" part is to get "a full desktop with all the features"   
   > (whatever that means to your friend).   
      
   What does your friend mean by "get a full desktop with all features"?   
      
   I use X11 on both the remote and local systems, with (depending on my   
   trust of the network) either basic X11 tcp networking, or X11 "local"   
   networking and SSH port forwarding. The local system provides a local   
   desktop, and the display for the windows I open on the remote system.   
      
   /IF/ I want to see a window on the local system that /contains/ the   
   entire remote desktop, I use Xnest[1] on the remote system.   
      
   As for "with all the features", some extensions (like the use of   
   OpenGL effects) only work with directly-attached display devices   
   (because they directly interact with the graphics device GPU),   
   and do not work across networked X11. So, the answer really lies in   
   what your friend defines as "a full desktop with all features".   
      
      
   [1] Xnest(1)   
       I wrote about how to do this on Raspbian at http://justlinux.ca/node/82   
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   Lew Pitcher   
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