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2.2

Not secure
* support RFB clients (ie: VNC) with bind-rfb or rfb-upgrade options
* UDP transport (experimental) with bind-udp and udp://host:port URLs
* TCP sockets can be upgrade to Websockets and / or SSL, RFB
* multiple bind options for all socket types supported: tcp, ssl, ws, wss, udp, rfb
* bandwidth-limit option, support for very low bandwidth connections
* detect network performance characteristics
* "xpra sessions" browser tool for both mDNS and local sessions
* support arbitrary resolutions with Xvfb (not with Xdummy yet)
* new OpenGL backends, with support for GTK3 on most platforms
and window transparency on MS Windows
* optimized webp encoding, supported in HTML5 client
* uinput virtual pointer device for supporting fine-grained scrolling
* connection strings now support the standard URI format protocol://host:port/
* rencode is now used by default for the initial packet
* skip sending audio packets when inactive
* improved support for non-us keyboard layouts with non-X11 clients
* better modifier key support on Mac OS
* clipboard support with GTK3
* displayfd command line option
* cosmetic system tray menu layout changes
* dbus service for the system-wide proxy server (stub)
* move mmap file to $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR (where applicable)
* password prompt dialog in client
* fixed memory leaks

2.1

Not secure
* improve system-wide proxy server, logind support on, socket activation
* new authentication modules:
* new posix peercred authentication module (used by system-wide proxy)
* new sqlite authentication module
* split packages for RPM, MS Windows and Mac OS
* digitally signed MS Windows installers
* HTML5 client improvements:
* file upload support
* better non-us keyboard and language support
* safe HMAC authentication over HTTP, re-connection etc
* more complete window management, (pre-)compression (zlib, brotli)
* mobile on-screen keyboard
* audio forwarding for IE
* remote drag and drop support
* better Multicast DNS support, with a GUI launcher
* improved image depth / deep color handling
* desktop mode can now be resized easily
* any window can be made fullscreen (Shift+F11 to trigger)
* Python3 GTK3 client is now usable
* shutdown the server from the tray menu
* terminate child commands on server shutdown
* macos library updates: [1501](https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra/issues/1501), support for virtual desktops
* NVENC SDK version 8 and HEVC support
* Nvidia capture SDK support for fast shadow servers
* shadow servers improvements: show shadow pointer in opengl client
* structural improvements and important bug fixes

2.0

* dropped support for outdated OS and libraries (long list)
* 64-bit builds for MS Windows and MacOSX
* MS Windows MSYS2 based build system with fully up-to-date libraries
* MS Windows full support for named-pipe connections
* MS Windows and MacOSX support for mmap transfers
* more configurable mmap options to support KVM's ivshmem
* faster HTML5 client, now packaged separately (RPM only)
* clipboard synchronization support for the HTML5 client
* faster window scrolling detection, bandwidth savings
* support more screen bit depths: 8, 16, 24, 30 and 32
* support 10-bit per pixel rendering with the OpenGL client backend
* improved keyboard mapping support when sharing sessions
* faster native turbojpeg codec
* OpenGL enabled by default on more chipsets, with better driver sanity checks
* better handling of tablet input devices (multiple platforms and HTML5 client)
* synchronize Xkb layout group
* support stronger HMAC authentication digest modes
* unit tests are now executed automatically on more platforms
* fix python-lz4 0.9.0 API breakage
* fix html5 visual corruption with scroll paint packets

1.0

* SSL socket support
* IANA assigned default port 14500 (so specifying the TCP port is now optional)
* include a system-wide proxy server service on our default port, using system authentication
* MS Windows users can start a shadow server from the start menu, which is also accessible via http
* list all local network sessions exposed via mdns using xpra list-mdns
* the proxy servers can start new sessions on demand
* much faster websocket / http server for the HTML5 client, with SSL support
* much improved HTML client, including support for native video decoding
* VNC-like desktop support: "xpra start-desktop"
* pointer grabs using Shift+Menu, keyboard grabs using Control+Menu
* window scrolling detection for much faster compression
* server-side support for 10-bit colours
* better automatic encoding selection and video tuning, support H264 b-frames
* file transfer improvements
* SSH password input support on all platforms in launcher
* client applications can trigger window move and resize with MS Windows and Mac OS X clients
* geometry handling improvements, multi-monitor, fullscreen
* drag and drop support between application windows
* colour management synchronisation (and DPI, workspace, etc)
* the configuration file is now split into multiple logical parts, see /etc/xpra/conf.d
* more configuration options for printers
* clipboard direction restrictions
* webcam improvements: better framerate, device selection menu
* audio codec improvements, new codecs, mpeg audio
* reliable video support for all Debian and Ubuntu versions via private ffmpeg libraries
* use XDG_RUNTIME_DIR if possible, move more files to /run (sockets, log file)
* build and packaging improvements: minify during build: rpm "python2", netbsd v4l
* selinux policy for printing
* Mac OS X PKG installer now sets up ".xpra" file and "xpra:" URL associations
* Mac OS X remote shadow start support (though not all versions are supported)

0.17.5

* fix webcam skewed picture
* fix size calculations for the 1 pixel bottom edge of video areas
* fix heavy import with side effects for shadow servers
* fix MS Windows shadow servers picture corruption
* fix jpeg wrongly included in auto-refresh encodings
* fix compatibility with ffmpeg 3.1+, warn but don't fail
* fix socket-dir option not being honoured
* fix log dir in commented out Xvfb example
* fix build on some non US locales

0.17.4

* fix severe regression in damage handling
* fix lossless refresh causing endless loops
* fix path stripping during packaging
* fix password leak in server log file
* fix keyboard layout change handling
* fix openSUSE RPM packaging dependencies
* fix video region API stickiness
* fix application iconification support
* fix XShape performance when scaling
* fix file transfer packet handling and checksum validation
* fix webcam forwarding
* fix spurious pulseaudio exit message on shutdown
* CUDA 8 and Pascal GPU optimization support
* disable webp (black rectangles with some versions)

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