From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2024-04-26 15:40, Lew Pitcher wrote:   
   > 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"?   
      
   Get the same whole thing he get when he logins to Plasma, or Gnome, or   
   XFCE. The menus, the windows, the background, everything.   
      
      
      
   > 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.   
      
   Ok, that could be.   
      
      
   > 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".   
      
   Fair enough.   
      
   >   
   >   
   > [1] Xnest(1)   
   >      I wrote about how to do this on Raspbian at http://justlinux.ca/node/82   
      
   Thanks.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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