Re:Emacs is special regarding UIs
by sevensor on Thursday September 10, 2020 @10:47AM
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> the shift away from X11 means no more remote applications
This is a long, gentle transition. Although I believe it to be possible, I still haven't ever run a pure-Wayland system. Most graphical applications for Linux still need an X server, and Wayland provides one. Under sway, I can still run ssh -Y and start X clients on the host I'm connected to. This works just fine. It's going to be years until Wayland kills off X11 on the wire, and alternatives are already under development. I worry about a lot of things, but this isn't one of them.
This is a long, gentle transition. Although I believe it to be possible, I still haven't ever run a pure-Wayland system. Most graphical applications for Linux still need an X server, and Wayland provides one. Under sway, I can still run ssh -Y and start X clients on the host I'm connected to. This works just fine. It's going to be years until Wayland kills off X11 on the wire, and alternatives are already under development. I worry about a lot of things, but this isn't one of them.