XPost: comp.sys.raspberry-pi   
   From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net   
      
   On 12/10/23 10:14, Chris Elvidge wrote:   
   > Linux supports terminal switching as standard (AFAIK) - Alt-F[123456]   
   > X11 suports Ctl-Alt-F[123456]   
      
   Yes, Linux is capable of supporting this.   
      
   > I don't know about Wayland. If it doesn't that's yet another reason to   
   > keep X11.   
      
   -)   
      
   > Obviously this assumes (yes, I know) that your init system supports   
   > multiple terminals.   
      
   Support can be a few different things:   
      
   1)  init system is capable of initializing / starting / managing such a   
   configuration.   
      
   2)  Vendor provides such a configuration   
      
   3)  Such vendor provided configuration hasn't been disabled by local admin.   
      
   #1 and #2 are what I was thinking of with my previous reply.   
      
   > LMDE and MX Linux (systemd) and Slackware   
   > (init/inittab)  do out of the box.   
      
   #2 does not preclude #3.  ;-)   
      
   > Why would you want to? It's a separate session.   
      
   I want to run my email client and my web browser in different   
   environments /and/ I occasionally want to be able to copy and paste   
   between them.   
      
   Maybe people will want the ability to copy & paste between them.  Maybe   
   they won't.   
      
   But copying and pasting is an inherent capability of GUI applications   
   for decades.  Thus I think it is prudent to call out when this basic   
   capability likely won't be in place between them.   
      
   > But do you have evidence of that?   
      
   I have run into graphics cards / X11 display servers that wouldn't run   
   multiple instances for one reason or another.   
      
   Be it something as simple as the X11 display server detecting another   
   process running and refusing to start or as complex as the X11 display   
   server maintaining some state in the video hardware and corrupting   
   itself when trying to run multiple instances.   
      
   There is no guarantee that you will be able to run multiple X11 display   
   servers on separate virtual terminals.   
      
   I mentioned average home system / college starter notebook as examples   
   of lower end hardware which is often more limited and / or more   
   problematic to make do fancier things.   
      
      
      
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