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The typical thing is to run the X server locally and the client remotely. There are lots of reasons to do this such as the server possessing special hardware, l
by jedbrown 16y ago
The typical thing is to run the X server locally and the client remotely. There are lots of reasons to do this such as the server possessing special hardware, license managers, fast disks with the data you care about, more memory, more cores.
- Derbasti 16y agoFor my usual desktop tasks, all the 'data I care about' is on my very own hard drive. Also, processing power of my laptop is good enough to not need any 'special hardware' or 'more memory' than I have. That is why I asked why Mr. John Desktoe Ubuntu-user would want to have network transparency. (I realize that this might be different for some bigger installation, but most (Linux-) people just run Ubuntu locally on their Laptops)
- jedbrown 16y agoSounds like your example user never runs anything on a remote machine except through the browser. Why bother with any other protocols?
- Derbasti 16y agoThe example user might like to use some word processing software, some native email client with big storage, some graphic editing and maybe even some Twitter app. Some people prefer native, installed applications to doing everything in a browser. What do you know, she might even want to do some programming!