Re:The death watch for the X Window System has probably started
by majewsky on Sunday July 07, 2019 @05:02PM
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Even if it's usable, it's probably not a good idea. X windows are not rendered by the server anymore. The client (i.e. the application) renders them and just transmits a full pixmap to the server. Depending on the redraw strategy, you could have a worst-case scenario where 60 frames per second of the entire window are transmitted completely uncompressed (except for the compression that SSH applies). You'll be sailing much more efficiently by using a VNC client.
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Re:The death watch for the X Window System has probably started
by gmueckl on Sunday July 07, 2019 @06:35PM
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To be pedantic, this is true with "modern" toolkits (like, this cemtury). Applications using Motif or Xt or anything similarly ancient still do server side drawing and they absolutely shine with todays network latency and speed. But most applications moved on from.these toolkits, with good reason.