Based on the announcements at WWDC, Macs are going to transition to “Apple Silicon” based on Apple implementation of ARM64, plus a whole bunch more
Jonathan Sent from my iPhone Jonathan Prescott (919) 884-6451 > On Jun 25, 2020, at 4:04 PM, René J.V. Bertin via X11-users > <x11-users@lists.apple.com> wrote: > > 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 (X11-users@lists.apple.com) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/jprescott12%40icloud.com > > This email sent to jprescot...@icloud.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. X11-users mailing list (X11-users@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
