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   JEDIDIAH to peter-koehlmann@t-online.de   
   Re: Replacing X11   
   12 Dec 12 14:44:43   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: jedi@nomad.mishnet   
      
   On 2012-12-12, Peter Köhlmann  wrote:   
   > JEDIDIAH wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Luckily Wayland is designed to be able to do that.   
      
      No it isn't.   
      
      Wayland developers and fanboys treat remote desktops as a passe   
   feature that should be left back in the 80s despite the realities   
   of modern corporate desktop computing.   
      
      Remote access isn't being addressed. It's being ignored.   
      
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        Apple: Because a large harddrive is for power users.   
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