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After watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWQh_DmDLKQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWQh_DmDLKQ At 18m30, he mentions that everyone uses SHM and DRI2, w
by Zren 7y ago
After watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWQh_DmDLKQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWQh_DmDLKQ
At 18m30, he mentions that everyone uses SHM and DRI2, which don't work over the network. He mentions X isn't "network transparent" anymore, it's "network capable". I'm not 100% sure what the difference is tbh.
At 40m10, he mentions that rendering on the "server" then compressing it to transfer over the network to display locally is basically VNC.
- DonHopkins 7y agoExcellent talk! Thanks for the link.
- anaphor 7y agoThat's interesting. I didn't realize the SHM extension was used that widely. Do most GUI toolkits use it under the hood somehow, in order to render more efficiently?