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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: killing X11
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 22:43:50 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:29:57 -0000 (UTC), Jason Howe wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 09:00:30 +0100, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
> wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone genuinely use X11 remotely?
> 
> If not daily, then several times per week.
> 
> Various use cases:
> 1) Running a remote browser on a headless server when you're trying to
> poke at configuration webservice that's only listening on localhost.
> 2) SSH tunneling a browser on a remote server to poke at something on
> the non-routable network

Do these two via an SSH tunnel. Because passing HTTP/HTTPS through the SSH 
connection would be quicker than passing across entire GUI screens.

> 3) Presenting apps at work from home desktop or
> vice-versa depending on what I'm doing.

Something like VNC or RDP would be more convenient for this purpose.