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DRI/DRM makes the assumption that your GPU is plugged in the one and only machine hosting all your apps. This wasn't that crazy in 1998, but today the GPU is un
by erik_seaberg 8y ago
DRI/DRM makes the assumption that your GPU is plugged in the one and only machine hosting all your apps. This wasn't that crazy in 1998, but today the GPU is under my desk while myriad app hosts are racked in datacenters (where a GPU might be an expensive addon, but probably doesn't exist) and good remoting is so neglected that the industry is using web browsers as display servers to fill the gap.
- floatboth 8y agoNo, web browsers are used as an application platform, not a display server. Especially with SPAs ("thick" clients).