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Remote desktop vs. remote displayRemote desktop vs. remote displayPosted Feb 17, 2013 22:32 UTC (Sun) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630)In reply to: Remote desktop vs. remote display by khim Parent article: LCA: The ways of Wayland
Let me paraphrase this sentence: Linux is doing just fine pretty much everywhere except where it uses X.Org. Although X is somewhat old and crufty, I don't believe it's the reason Linux has very little desktop penetration. I don't think Wayland will cause a huge spike in desktop penetration. On the other side, my N900 phone runs X and it's a great little mobile device... just as good as any Android phone. "Use of X" and "success of Linux" are orthogonal.
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Remote desktop vs. remote display Posted Feb 18, 2013 8:22 UTC (Mon) by mgedmin (subscriber, #34497) [Link]
> On the other side, my N900 phone runs X and it's a great little mobile device... just as good as any Android phone.
You have low standards.
Now the successor, the N9, is almost as good as any Android phone. The only things it lacks are beefier hardware and a larger software selection. And corporate support.
Remote desktop vs. remote display Posted Feb 18, 2013 10:54 UTC (Mon) by thisisme (subscriber, #83315) [Link]
>You have low standards.
I guess "standards" - whatever is meant by that - and expectations are very subjective. A few months back I replaced my N900 with an Android phone due to hardware failure. I was much happier with Maemo on N900 than I am with Android ICS.
Remote desktop vs. remote display Posted Feb 18, 2013 19:06 UTC (Mon) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630) [Link] You have low standards. How so? What's wrong with the N900? It does everything I need and does it really well, and as a bonus, porting some Linux software I wrote to Maemo took no time at all... essentially just a recompilation. Can't do that with Android.
Remote desktop vs. remote display Posted Feb 19, 2013 18:00 UTC (Tue) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link] "Use of X" and "success of Linux" are orthogonal. Yes - and that is the problem. Since people know that Linux is a runaway success" and they "know" Linux uses X.Org they assume that future of X.Org is secure. What they tend to forget is the fact that places where Linux is a runaway success and places where Linux uses X.Org are disjoint. Which does not bode well for the future of X.Org.
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