Xmove

xmove is a computer program that allows the movement of X Window System applications between different displays and the persistence of X applications across X server restarts.^[4] It solves a problem in the design of X, where an X client (an X application) is tied to the X server (X display) it was started on for its lifetime. Also, if the X server is shut down, the client application is forced to stop running.

xmove

Original author(s)	Ethan Solomita, Peter Skopp, Ari Shamash[1]
Final release	2.0beta2 / 14 November 1997; 27 years ago (1997-11-14)[2]
Written in	C
Operating system	X Window System
Type	Terminal multiplexer
License	MIT/X Consortium License[3]
Website	None

xmove lets the client disconnect from its current X server, and connect to a new one, at any time. The transition is completely transparent to the client. xmove works by acting as a proxy between the client and server. It is a "pseudoserver" which stores enough server state so that clients can connect to a new server without being disrupted.

See also

• Free and open-source software portal

• xpra — a more recent tool which is similar to xmove
• guievict — a system for checkpointing and migrating the GUI of an X window application
• the lbxproxy tool, which allows disconnecting and reconnecting