> On Jul 31, 2024, at 4:50 PM, Tony Jones via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 2:41 PM Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >>> On Wed, 31 Jul 2024, CAREY SCHUG via cctalk wrote: >>> >>> this is linux, right? so I could have one be kde, one gnome and maybe a >> third xfce? might try playing with it someday, or good if I want to >> transition gradually to a different UI, but unless >>> one of them could be like the win 3.1 UI, not being unable to join them >> together and drag individual app windows from one physical screen to >> another probably makes better to all be the same UI with joined screens. >> >> With Linux you can definitely have different window managers on different >> X11 instances running on different screens within the same machine. >> > > I'm pretty sure you can't move windows between two window managers however > (above "drag individual app windows" comment).
xpra (https://www.xpra.org) might accomplish the task. It is like an X11 reimagining of the Linux ‘screen’ program. It lets you open a window in one X session, disconnect from it, and reattach it to another X session. Frank
