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   Peter =?UTF-8?B?S8O2aGxtYW5u?= to JEDIDIAH   
   Re: Replacing X11   
   12 Dec 12 22:14:42   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: peter-koehlmann@t-online.de   
      
   JEDIDIAH wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   You are wrong. It *can* do remote X, that is just a plugin away   
      
   >    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.   
      
   Nope. Wrong on all accounts   
      
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