On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Lukas Molzberger wrote: > I know there have been countless discussions on the X messaging system, but > most of them missed the point. That is that such a messaging system > introduces an enormous amount of complexity. As far as I know the only reason > for having the X messaging system is the remote display feature. But I guess > that less than 5% of the XFree users are actually using this feature and > there are already other solutions like VNC available.
Fully realizing that I'm probably in the 5%, remote display is always a sticking point for me with MS-indows machines. Especially when just before you're talking about making graphical tools for configuration. If I can't display the tool remotely and have to go from desk to desk, I might as well be using MS-Windows. :) > The main problem with a new graphics API would be to keep backward > compatibility with the current application base. But this problem is easy to > solve by just porting XFree to the new API, the way it is done for OS X and > Windows. I had this though just the other day. I think in the long run, you're right, as long as there's some method of remote display. Of course, I look at things as an administrator/support person in a large installation. Remote display is much nicer, for using a graphical config on someone desk (rare), but moreso so people can run matlab (for example) on the 8-cpu 2GB RAM machine in the lab with the display on their desk. -- Matt Piechota _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
