Re:The Elements of Style: Unix as Literature
by selfhoster11 on Thursday November 05, 2020 @09:13PM
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> Windows in 2020 still hasn't caught up with the network-based X11 that can easily run a program on a machine in Britain and have it launched, controlled and displayed on a desktop in New Zealand.
Windows has RDP support, which is strictly better than X11 forwarding because it allows for seamless operation of many multimedia-oriented features that would be expected from modern desktop sessions on any OS. I remember it supporting printer, drive, sound and USB forwarding, all of which aren't possible with plain X11 without filling in the gaps yourself.
The de-facto standard solutions from third party suppliers like TeamViewer are also a significant alternative for cross-platform usage.
Re:The Elements of Style: Unix as Literature
by 1MachineElf on Friday November 06, 2020 @12:18AM
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You can achieve something like X11 application forwarding with RDP on Windows Server, just not quite as snappy: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server...
I discovered UNIX back in 1990. By 1991 I was working with a full-featured GUI. Around 1993 I thought I should take a look at this new-fangled 'Windows' that everybody on the Internet was raving about. I couldn't believe how horribly primitive it was. Windows didn't become usable, IMHO, until Windows 95, so by then it was a full four years at least behind the half-dozen or so UNIX desktops that were based on X11. (And even then, it wasn't a true pre-emptive multi-tasking OS.)
Windows in 2020 still hasn't caught up with the network-based X11 that can easily run a program on a machine in Britain and have it launched, controlled and displayed on a desktop in New Zealand.
https://dilbert.com/strip/1995-06-24