The X.Org Server Is Abandonware?

Re:The X.Org Server Is Abandonware? by marcosdumay on Sunday October 25, 2020 @10:38PM (#24892362)

So, it's quite possible that one gets a distro or a machine set up so everything works locally, but you can not tunnel a GUI application or run a remote desktop there. Or that you get a machine where you simply can not take a screenshot to report a bug?

So... I was one of those people rooting for anybody to replace X11 when wayland launched. But given the current situation, I'm just hopping that Red Hat finishes dying off before I have to work with somebody stupid enough to set some GUI system that I need to access, but only runs on a computer where I can not run a GUI.

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Re:The X.Org Server Is Abandonware? by ywei3410 on Sunday October 25, 2020 @11:16PM (#24892548)

Well yes — in the same way that you could have had a half-baked implementation of X on a remote desktop; but it’s unlikely because most GUI-based interfaces will bundle with some level of support. For example, I don’t expect Canonical’s Wayland compositor to not support screenshots; so while I don’t think your worry is unfounded, I do think it’s disproportionate.

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Re:The X.Org Server Is Abandonware? by marcosdumay on Sunday October 25, 2020 @11:37PM (#24892619)

Oh, ok. I imagine you had a stricter interpretation of "universally adopted" then.

If every practical system support them, they are universal enough.

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