XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: jedi@nomad.mishnet   
      
   On 2012-12-12, Justin  wrote:   
   > 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:   
      
   ...fat lot of good that does for any Mac apps.   
      
   THAT is what we're talking about here, "platform apps".   
      
   [deletia]   
      
   The fact that I can run alien applications from a graphical framework   
   that young kids love to hate on and want to kill is not really the point   
   here. Once Linux "goes down the Mac path" here, there won't be any such   
   apps because they will all be Wayland apps.   
      
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