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Re:The Linux graphics stack in a nutshell, part 2 by kvemkon on Thursday December 28, 2023 @09:39PM (#38801249)
> unsubstantiated claims

Indeed:

> It used to be easy to have any kind of X client connect to a remote X server. Back in the early 1990s on the HP Apollo workstations in college, it was a simple matter of setting the DISPLAY environment variable, but that was before network security was a concern.

Remote controlling an HP 1670G logic analyzer with a Linux PC X server

https://tomverbeure.github.io/2023/12/26/Controlling-an-HP-1...

10 hours ago here on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38778807

and also:

> I recently scored a Hewlett Packard 1670A Deep Memory Logic Analyzer and I finally had a chance to fire it up. This unit dates back to 1992 and is packed with all sorts of interesting options for connecting peripherals to it. One particular feature that caught my eye was the option to connect to an X Server.

A Testament to X11 Backwards Compatibility

http://www.theresistornetwork.com/2013/12/a-testament-to-x11...

10 years ago on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6850591

Re:The Linux graphics stack in a nutshell, part 2 by Borg3 on Friday December 29, 2023 @04:26AM (#38803133)
Yeah, I run Linux VM in background and Xserver on my Windows to work on it. It works very well. The problem is bloated browsers like Firefox where it lags terribly over X.

  gfx.webrender.force-disabled = true
Was helping for a while...