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Xnest - a nested X server
The Xnest (1) X server is no longer included in this release.
The Xephyr (1) and Xvnc (1) servers provide similar functionality of acting as an X server to other clients, and displaying their output in a window on another X server.
Xephyr acts as a simple X client which is displayed on another X server, while Xvnc provides a X server which can be connected to from a Remote Frame Buffer (RFB) protocol client such as vncviewer (1), allowing for the session to continue between connections and for connections to occur from multiple viewing computers. Both Xephyr and Xvnc offer more support for modern desktop environments and newer X extensions than the older Xnest server did, and avoid several limitations of the Xnest server that were due to Xnest's reliance on passing most requests through to the underlying server.
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
| Availability None |
| Interface Stability Obsolete |