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|    JEDIDIAH to Hsu    |
|    Re: Replacing X11    |
|    12 Dec 12 13:05:37    |
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: jedi@nomad.mishnet   
      
   On 2012-12-12, Aaron W. Hsu wrote:   
   > GreyCloud wrote:   
   >   
   >> Don't know. But X11 is getting long in the tooth.   
   >   
   > A replacement has been in the works for a while, and some people feel that   
   > it is getting mature enough to think about transitioning over to it.   
   >   
      
    If it can't handle natively running applications over the network at least   
   as well as RDP or X11 itself then it's a total nonstarter.   
      
    I've seen firsthand what the Mac approach to this problem gets you and it   
   isn't pretty.   
      
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