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Re:Wayland (X11 replacement) 1.0 Officially Released by SeppoErviala on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @06:16AM (#4687385)
I think the main argument for remote X is that it is so easy to use between 2 true X11 environments. You just `ssh -X` to your target and start running programs.

On Windows or OSX though... If you were going to install X11 why not skip it and just install VNC?

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Re:Wayland (X11 replacement) 1.0 Officially Released by w0utert on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @07:00AM (#4687499)
Maybe I don't want to run a full X session on my remote machine, just to run a simple X client and have it displayed on my local desktop?

VNC is no alternative for running individual applications remotely. Remote desktop != remote X.

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Re:Wayland (X11 replacement) 1.0 Officially Released by raverbashing on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @08:16AM (#4687677)
True, for one app, ssh -X is usually better

Still, most of the time, running only one application is not the usage model. Or it's a simple thing that doesn't need X, just ssh

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Re:Wayland (X11 replacement) 1.0 Officially Released by ygra on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @12:42PM (#4688869)
Remote desktop allows remoting only single applications, though. That's how stuff like the XP mode with Virtual PC on Windows 7 works.
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Re:Wayland (X11 replacement) 1.0 Officially Released by ansible on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @07:52AM (#4687607)
That's exactly what 'ssh -X' is for.
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Re:Wayland (X11 replacement) 1.0 Officially Released by mercurial on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @08:21AM (#4687695)
(But tastes much better as 'ssh -XC')
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