The client-server stuff
Posted Mar 27, 2003 11:43 UTC (Thu) by
eru (subscriber, #2753)
Parent article:
The X Window System, past and future
I always find it sad when many people accuse the client-server
paradigm of being the resource hog (not this article, but it alludes
to the belief), and propose cutting it out as a way to supposedly improve X.
In the distant past, I have used X11 on Sun systems that would be considered pocket
calculators (regarding CPU power) today, and also Sun's proprietary
"monolithic" window system on the same boxes. No difference in responsiveness.
Removing client-server features would eliminate many uses of X11.
I can tell that in the large company I work in, there would be almost
NO usage of X11 apps, if it could not be used remotely. You guessed it:
most desktops are Windows-based, and the commonest way to use graphical
Unix or Linux applications is logging in via X11 emulator running on
Windows. Also note that the requirement for remote GUI use in enterprises is
so strong that it actually forced Microsoft to re-invent the feature in
Windows terminal services.
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