From: dillinger@invalid.not   
      
   On 02-04-2024 17:44, Jeff Gaines wrote:   
   > On 02/04/2024 in message  Lew Pitcher wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:10:10 +0000, candycanearter07 wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Jeff Gaines  wrote at 12:42 this Tuesday (GMT):   
   >>   
   >> [snip]   
   >>   
   >>>> I am taking a breather at the moment and wanted to ask if there is a   
   >>>> distro that comes with a 2D desktop as standard since it might be   
   >>>> easier   
   >>>> to start from fresh?   
   >>   
   >> [sni]   
   >>   
   >>> Wait, what's a 3D desktop?   
   >>   
   >> AFAICT, a "3d desktop" is a Window Manager or Desktop Manager that   
   >> incorporates   
   >> or requires a compositor to function.   
   >>   
   >> Standard X11 window managers (like fwm or blackbox, etc) and early   
   >> desktop   
   >> managers (like enlightenment) do not need the compositing facilities   
   >> offered   
   >> by OpenGL add-ons to X11 or the builtin compositor in Wayland. But, more   
   >> "modern" Desktop Managers (like Gnome and KDE and others that use the   
   >> GTK+/Qt   
   >> toolkits) often depend on a compositor to provide their standard   
   >> visual environment.   
   >>   
   >> FWIW, if it uses a compositor, then its not likely to work well with   
   >> RDP, and   
   >> not at all with networked/remote X11.   
   >   
   > I will take your word for that :-)   
   >   
   > It's certainly true that a 3d desktop won't play with RDP.   
   >   
   You can try TeamViewer, it works here with KDE neon & Windows 10, both ways.   
   Wayland support is experimental but it works.   
      
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