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   Message 21,209 of 21,759   
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to Jason Howe   
   Re: killing X11   
   24 Jun 25 22:43:50   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:29:57 -0000 (UTC), Jason Howe wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 09:00:30 +0100, Andy Burns    
   > wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Does anyone genuinely use X11 remotely?   
   >   
   > If not daily, then several times per week.   
   >   
   > Various use cases:   
   > 1) Running a remote browser on a headless server when you're trying to   
   > poke at configuration webservice that's only listening on localhost.   
   > 2) SSH tunneling a browser on a remote server to poke at something on   
   > the non-routable network   
      
   Do these two via an SSH tunnel. Because passing HTTP/HTTPS through the SSH   
   connection would be quicker than passing across entire GUI screens.   
      
   > 3) Presenting apps at work from home desktop or   
   > vice-versa depending on what I'm doing.   
      
   Something like VNC or RDP would be more convenient for this purpose.   
      
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