Shuttleworth: Unity on Wayland [LWN.net]

Shuttleworth: Unity on Wayland

Posted Nov 11, 2010 19:57 UTC (Thu) by bronson (subscriber, #4806)
In reply to: Shuttleworth: Unity on Wayland by cdmiller
Parent article: Shuttleworth: Unity on Wayland

I'll take that bet.

Prediction: your Unix and Linux system administrators and some students and faculty happily start using Spice, VNC, or some other remote protocols (yes, they can do individual apps and windows just like X). Code size decreases significantly, development pace quickens, and only a few stuck-in-the-90s graybeards lament that the port 6k-over-ssh hack doesn't work anymore and all their hard-fought xauth knowledge is now obsolete.

I haven't actually used wayland yet so I'm just playing devil's advocate here. :)

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Shuttleworth: Unity on Wayland

Posted Nov 14, 2010 19:58 UTC (Sun) by cdmiller (subscriber, #2813) [Link]

Heh, actually X11 forwarding over SSH obsoleted Xauth knowledge long ago. If that doesn't work anymore it's yet another thing to be pissed about.

Truly, we already run XFCE in our LTSP academic computer labs and kiosks as the Ubuntu Gnome default was not easy to manage in that sort of environment. I can only imagine the pain and unhappiness in trying to manage an environment running a mix of X, Unity/Wayland, SPICE, and VNC apps all at once. It's pretty easy to imagine big win for Xubuntu and similar. Inevitably the Linux distribution admins find easier to manage is what will be installed, used, and advocated for.