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| X2Go's "X Server" is called "nxagent". It is part of the nx-libs package. | X2Go's "X Server" is called "nxagent". It is part of the nx-libs package. | ||
| - | As of version 3.5.0.x, nxagent is forked from the X.org 6.9 codebase (from 2005.) Therefore, there are 4 reasons why certain modern "3d-ish" desktops are incompatible with nxagent, and therefore X2Go. | + | As of version 3.5.0.x, nxagent is forked from the X.org 6.9 codebase (from 2005) feature-wise (but not security-wise, where it is at much newer level). Therefore, there are multiple reasons why certain modern "3d-ish" desktops are incompatible with nxagent, and therefore X2Go. |
| * The desktop environment requires the X11 extension "Xcomposite", which nxagent 3.5.0.x and X.org 6.9 do not support. | * The desktop environment requires the X11 extension "Xcomposite", which nxagent 3.5.0.x and X.org 6.9 do not support. | ||
| * The desktop environment requires a newer version of the X11 extension "GLX" (OpenGL) than nxagent 3.5.0.x and X.org 6.9 provide (version 1.2). | * The desktop environment requires a newer version of the X11 extension "GLX" (OpenGL) than nxagent 3.5.0.x and X.org 6.9 provide (version 1.2). | ||
| - | * The desktop environment requires a newer version of the X11 extension "XRANDR" than nxagent 3.5.0.x provides (version 1.2). | + | *<del> The desktop environment requires a newer version of the X11 extension "XRANDR" than nxagent 3.5.0.x provides (version 1.2).</del>nxagent offers "XRANDR" 1.5 now, so this no longer a problem. |
| * The desktop environment checks for a specific physical graphics driver, but nxagent doesn't use physical graphics adapters/drivers. | * The desktop environment checks for a specific physical graphics driver, but nxagent doesn't use physical graphics adapters/drivers. | ||
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| * KDE 4: Compatible and no workaround required | * KDE 4: Compatible and no workaround required | ||
| * KDE 5: <del>Incompatible due to plasmashell requiring GLX 1.3</del> We have received several reports that KDE 5 now works with X2Go, even though it takes a long time to initialize the session. If you're interested in running KDE 5 via X2Go and run into issues, please join the X2Go-User Mailing List or, if you are certain you've found a bug, subscribe to X2Go-Dev and file a bug report. | * KDE 5: <del>Incompatible due to plasmashell requiring GLX 1.3</del> We have received several reports that KDE 5 now works with X2Go, even though it takes a long time to initialize the session. If you're interested in running KDE 5 via X2Go and run into issues, please join the X2Go-User Mailing List or, if you are certain you've found a bug, subscribe to X2Go-Dev and file a bug report. | ||
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| + | For better performance you should set | ||
| + | ''Backend=XRender'' and | ||
| + | ''GraphicsSystem=native'' and | ||
| + | ''XRenderSmoothScale=false'' in the ''[Compositing]'' section of the ''kwinrc'' (usually residing in ''.kde/share/config''). | ||
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