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Why do you get to say that what he does is contrived? What makes your usage patterns any less "contrived" than his?

• moe 15y ago
  Well, why should I not say when it sounds contrived to me? Exporting X11 windows from multiple VMs on localhost? X11 forwarding Firefox to access remote speakers? Seriously? Yes, there are niche scenarios where nerds still use X11 for useful hacks like that (myself included), but the discussion is about the future display architecture for the proverbial linux desktop. X11 has been a ball on a chain here for a really long time now. Use-cases such as "too lazy to open a matlab pool" or "splice firefox audio" are not exactly a convincing counterweight. I'll gladly trade in my ability to run a remote gnuplot every once in a blue moon for a desktop experience remotely comparable to OSX or Windows.
  • burgerbrain 15y ago
    Unless you are claiming that he is lying, I don't think that contrived means what you think it means.
    • moe 15y ago
      Perhaps we have a different interpretation. I meant to say I find his use-cases rather obscure because e.g. X11-forwarding a Firefox is not exactly my idea of a sane answer to the question "how do I forward audio to remote speakers?". Bringing these examples up as scenarios that must be considered in the design of the future linux display system seems... well, contrived to me.
      • metellus 15y ago
        His examples were not contrived, they were actual examples of times that mcpherrinm recently used X11 forwarding (unless you are claiming that he lied). If you want to say that his use cases are obscure, strange, or niche enough to not merit consideration, that's fine, but "contrived" doesn't mean any of those things.