[winswitch] single, homogeneous and flexible operating (OS) context

[xpra at zellners.com]

On 2023-03-13 05:30, Mario Marietto wrote:
> Hello/Ciao.
> 
> Luca Manganelli,you come from Italy,right ? just like me. I'm happy to
> find,sometimes,a compatriot on the Linux / FreeBSD forums and ML that
> I attend. So. The answer is that I don't like, I don't find it
> comfortable, to continuously open and close the vnc client every time

X11 can seamlessly have all the windows you want of say LibreOffice on 
Ubuntu, Firefox on CentOS via SSH and X11 forwarding.. This email client 
is run this way, as many other things I do.....Only difference is I use 
one distro *buntus...You can switch from what ever window you want with 
ALT-TAB simple as that.. You can probably assign some keybindings via 
X11 to do that too..

> I want to use a specific distribution. Instead I find it more
> comfortable to centralize as much as possible more distributions in a
> single interface and terminal. I

Why??? Differing distros with differing package management for one ie: 
Debian/*buntu based with apt-get and then RH based with yum, etc... that 
adds to issues and problems.. and less centralization...


> list of smart aliases to handle all the commands and to launch the
> applications I want in the distribution I want.

Reading the other reply.. in re the specialty distros that are mixing 
and matching differing distros into one..
I still can't wrap my head around it..

Umm... Why do this????

Why would you want to run say LibreOffice on Ubuntu and Firefox on 
CentOS as an example????

As to having issues where maybe  you make a change and that causes the 
OS to break or the program to break, then using virtualization options 
is probably the option.. You can have a BASE VM image, clone it, start 
it up in your VM software of choice, and play, then if it breaks.. you 
can go back to the base, clone, and rebuild.. learning how to fix or 
what not to do? :) ;) I do this... tons of VMs and carcasses from the 
things going awry when something may not work out...

Right now, I am testing a new version of a *buntu..I've created a base 
VM image... I can now test out some things.. like LightDM replacing SDDM 
or what ever the DM is.. as I need XDMCP and LightDM provides that.. ... 
but it can be dangerous to play with the DM leading to no GUI (X11 
desktop) etc.. same with XPRA... I am going to test installing XPRA to 
this distro.. so if things go awry, I can go back to my base image and 
try again.. Same with some other software which needs to be compiled in 
a certain environment... and can go very very awry... hence play in the 
VM(s) and take notes.. Once I have the notes I what I did.. I make a NEW 
BASE image to work from... and apply that to physical installs as well.

> not only a question of comfort, but also of optimizing workspaces.
> After all, if the controls of an airplane have been centralized in a
> single dashboard, there must be a reason, right ?

I don't think that is a good analogy, as they are not operating under 
differing OS's.. At least in my mind this is de-optimizing things with 
using multiple distors versus a single distro or at least the same vein 
of distro ie: Debian based be it Ubuntu, Mint, etc.. I have the same 
base distro I use.

So I guess I am lost on how this multiple distros has a benefit....