Xephyr X server instead of Xnest?
Hi all,
I have a quick question, it relates to something I read in the description section of Software Updater and would love to have a better understanding of what it means and what to do about it.
From Software Updater - this is what I'm trying to decipher:
"Xnest is a nested X server that simply relays all its requests to another X server, where it runs as a client.
This means that it appears as another window in your current X session.
Xnest relies upon its parent X server for font services.
Use of the Xephyr X server instead of Xnest is recommended.
More information about X.Org can be found at:
This package is built from the X.org xserver module."
As it is recommended to use "Xephyr X server instead of Xnest", what would be the best way to go? Install Xephyr X server? If so, should this be done before updating, so Xnest would be removed?
Huge pre-thanks in advance for any help!
As it is recommended to use "Xephyr X server instead of Xnest", what would be the best way to go?
To do what? Notice that Wayland is slowly replacing X.
I thought I was asking a simple quick question, little did I know :)
To clarify, I've postponed the last update because I didn't know anything about Xnest or Xephyr (until now) and wondered how to proceed.
I am reading and re-reading all the replies... a lot of the information is well above my current pay grade, but very helpful and welcome nonetheless - there is a lot to learn! For simplicity, I think I'll just run the last update as is.
If you want to get rid of all the bloated things and go for complete minimalism then there is a fully libre GNU/Linux distribution already made for you - Hyperbola GNU/Linux.
Hyperbola uses Xenocara (from the OpenBSD project) instead of Xorg for the display server. It uses runit, a light and fast init manager, instead of systemd. It doesn't have NetworkManager - instead you manually bring the network up through terminal commands. It uses sndio (from OpenBSD) for sound instead of pulseaudio or pipewire. It doesn't have gvfs - instead you mount USB drives manually through terminal commands. It doesn't have dbus. It's an extremely minimal distribution - I have it on a laptop and I can boot it into different graphical window managers with each using less than 100MB of memory.
You can continue to chop away and replace the different parts of Trisquel one piece at a time. But if you just want to see where you will finally end up after replacing everything with its minimal alternative, then you might want to do yourself a favor and have a look at Hyperbola soon and see if it's workable for you.
Thank you for the suggestion and information andyprough!
If you want to get rid of all the bloated things and go for complete minimalism then there is a fully libre GNU/Linux distribution already made for you - Hyperbola GNU/Linux.
The idea of a minimalist distro, as you described, sounds very appealing, specially if I install it on a second computer and keep my Trisquel installation intact. I think it could be good learning experience too (almost like having your cake and eating it).
By what you said, I guess there isn't a desktop environment and I would need terminal for most actions. Is that so? That could be hard to start with, but you made good points and I am definitely curious to discover more about Hyperbola now!
>"By what you said, I guess there isn't a desktop environment and I would need terminal for most actions. Is that so?"
The version of Hyperbola that I installed has the Lumina graphical desktop, and I think you can install the JWM window manager very easily. Both Lumina and JWM look and feel like typical desktop environments. And both are very minimal. So you definitely do not have to do everything only from the terminal. And Hyperbola has Libreoffice and a web browser and the normal graphical programs.
Its so helpful to have those details! Thank you very much andyprough!!!!!