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Remote desktop vs. remote display

Remote desktop vs. remote display

Posted Feb 17, 2013 19:56 UTC (Sun) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Remote desktop vs. remote display by khim
Parent article: LCA: The ways of Wayland

Chromebooks (which are really nice) are not really in the 'classic desktop' range. They are in a new niche (let's say 'netbooks done right').

Maybe they can grow into 'classic desktop' tasks in future, though.


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Remote desktop vs. remote display

Posted Feb 17, 2013 20:51 UTC (Sun) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]

Maybe they can grow into 'classic desktop' tasks in future, though.

That's what I'm talking about. In about 2-3 years they'll get the ability to write and execute code on device and in 5-7 years they can be self-hosting. That's not 100% guarantee but that can happen. If that'll happen then Linux will win on desktop like it won on mobile, but somehow I doubt people who explain how "X.Org is a pearl of Linux world" will be satisfied by this outcome.

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