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> I am well aware that X11 tunneling is an aged piece of technology that is in serious need of facelift, but the new alternative to X11 should match the functio
by josteink 12y ago
> I am well aware that X11 tunneling is an aged piece of technology that is in serious need of facelift, but the new alternative to X11 should match the functionality
But many of the performance problems of X11 is rooted directly in features most of the user-base no longer uses (X11 as a network protocol being the prime example) and the work on a new protocol is being made specifically by eliminating the tradeoffs introduced by those features.
I welcome a newer, more performant option, but I guess it won't have anything to offer for your concerns.
- barrkel 12y agoConverting API calls into network messages is usually still a better option than something like VNC, which just tries to copy across images of the screen. Put VNC side by side with Windows RDP, and RDP's advantage is usually very clear. Unless many heavy assets need to be processed by the API before it can composite the screen, sending API calls ought to be better. Fancy 3D effects etc. in particular should be much smoother. The bigger issue with X11 is its backwards server / client orientation. That optimizes for a rare scenario, and makes the more common situation - where you want to connect to an existing session with a bunch of running apps, and disconnect from it without blowing everything away - much more awkward to configure.