XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: no@becauseihatespam.info   
      
   On 12/12/2012 3:07 PM, GreyCloud wrote:   
   > On 12/12/12 12:05, 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.   
   >>   
   >> I've seen firsthand what the Mac approach to this problem gets you and it   
   >> isn't pretty.   
   >>   
   > Macs also have X11... and in case you didn't know I'll provide you with   
   > someone elses comments about it:   
   >   
   >   
   > "> > Your number seems a bit low. I'd say 98% of Apple users don't care   
   > about X11. But those 2% are extremely influential. Did you see any   
   > pictures of the NASA control room for the Mars Curiosity landing? All   
   > Macs except for one.   
   > Certainly correct, and I speak as someone who works in the Mission   
   > Control Center for a NASA satellite, where we use a lot of Macs. Nobody   
   > here ever complained about the installation experience of X11 though.   
   >   
   > I know you seemingly won't be convinced, but this really is a non-issue.   
   >   
   > Jamie"   
   >   
   > "> Certainly correct, and I speak as someone who works in the Mission   
   > Control Center for a NASA satellite, where we use a lot of Macs. Nobody   
   > here ever complained about the installation experience of X11 though.   
      
   You were in space?!   
      
   >   
   > Agreed. I work at CERN, where macs are now very common. The reason I   
   > would say is the UNIX heritage, so you get all the power of the command   
   > line etc. + X11, plus the nice native GUI and applications of course.   
      
   Tell them to stop making black holes.   
      
   >   
   > X11 is heavily used, but the time to install it or the number of clicks   
   > is really not a concern. X11 is now arguably better supported, since   
   > Apple has outsourced it to Xquartz, than it was when it was shipped with   
   > OSX, since Xquartz is more up to date anyway."   
      
   What's the best RemoteX solution for Mac?   
      
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