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Network transparency isn't as useful now that most apps use toolkits like gtk or qt instead of raw X drawing primitives. The toolkits render the UI into a pixel
by ufo 8y ago
Network transparency isn't as useful now that most apps use toolkits like gtk or qt instead of raw X drawing primitives. The toolkits render the UI into a pixel buffer, which takes a lot of bandwidth over the network.
- pmarin 8y agoThat is not an excuse to don’t make the protocol network transparent. If people can stream an HD game to their living room TV I don’t think a desktop application have to be much different.
- adrusi 8y agoThere's video compression going on when they do that. If that's what you want, VNC works just fine.
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