[dundee] Detaching from X11 forwarding sessions

[James Le Cuirot]

On Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:42:19 +0100
Simon Iremonger <enyc-lugs at sheer.us> wrote:

> What you do is get the 'vncserver' (Xvnc) running, which creates
>   an X11 "DISPLAY" on no physical display, making this accessible
>   via VNC.  You can use screen or just background the process
>   to keep the program running, connected to the Xvnc display.

This is essentially what Xpra does but in a nicer way. Instead of Xvnc,
it uses Xvfb, which is X on a virtual frame buffer. It also adds some
magic to make the windows appear seamlessly on your regular desktop
instead of having a desktop within a desktop, so to speak.

James