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Xephyr
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<p>Xephyr is a <a href="/facts/Display_server/nKYmkjP6">display server</a> software implementing the <a href="/facts/X11/ac2vRIQL">X11</a> display server protocol based on <a href="/facts/KDrive/7AaPmYtV">KDrive</a> which targets a <a href="/facts/Window_(computing)/g39X0vV3">window</a> on a host X Server as its <a href="/facts/Framebuffer/kr8I4mm3">framebuffer</a>. It is written by Matthew Allum. Xephyr is an X-on-X implementation and runs on <a href="/facts/X.Org_Server/7AaPmYtV">X.Org Server</a> and can work with <a href="/facts/Glamor_(software)/7AaPmYtV">Glamor</a>. Future versions could make use of <a href="/facts/Libinput/I9I1TbEG">libinput</a>. Replacing Xephyr with the xf86-video-dummy and xf86-video-nested drivers in the normal X.Org server is being considered as part of X11R7.8. </p>