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Bug#1008602: debian-edu-config: Xfce/MATE in X2Go sessions very sluggish with Compositing enabled in xfwm



[ Mike Gabriel, 2022-03-29 ]
> A real fix for this could be provided in Xfce4 itself (see librda, Remote
> Desktop Awareness library). Until that has landed in Xfce (I might provide a
> patch for Xfce some time), we should consider disabling compositing in
> Xfce4-
> 
> Same applies for the MATE desktop environment. Compositing should be
> disabled by default, as well.
> 
> This makes the desktop environments look more simple, but they work
> out-of-the-box then when accessed via X2Go thinclients.
> 
> This is probably very debatable... Maybe it needs to be covered by
> documentation instead?

Sounds good; just document how to disable/enable the compositor via the 
related settings submenu (so that users know how to toggle it depending 
on their use case).

Maybe it could be added to the Desktop chapter:
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Bullseye/HowTo/Desktop

Wolfgang

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