On Thursday June 25 2020 10:43:07 Maximilian Ebert wrote: >What are the chances that there will be an office ARM64 binary bundle of >xQuartz? Many scientific applications depend on the X11 server and it would be >sad to see them go.
Macs are going to change CPU architecture AGAIN, or are you in fact referring to running an X server under iOS? That said, AFAIK there is no longer an officially supported XQuartz, nowadays you're better off using an X server package from MacPorts. If ARM64 Macs become a thing you can bet that someone will make certain the Xorg server builds on that platform, as long as it doesn't require lowlevel libraries that have to come from Apple. If meant X11 for iOS, I'd say if that were to happen it'd have happened already. One can be pretty certain that apps are not allowed to depend on another app (the X server) to run, and from what I understand the remote X11 protocol isn't exactly secure (and maybe Apple have other reasons to distinguish an X11 server from VNC clients). Besides, do XQuartz and its descendants even have sufficient builtin support (drivers) for touchscreen and on-screen keyboard interfaces? In short, your best bet to use your iPhone or iPad as an X11 terminal would be to use them as VNC clients of an X11-enabled VNC server. R. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
