The next osx killer feature
network transparency aka X11
think about it...if you've used unix
at all you know X11 best feature is
the ability to run apps from anywhere/any machine
& they simply show up on your desktop
m$ has implemented rdp as its terminal server
product but nothing comes close to what x11
can do & x11 is over 10 years old
implmenting that feature natively in aqua
would be killer...you could network into any other
mac & tranparently run apps on their machine
& have them show on your desktop
what do you guys think ?
think about it...if you've used unix
at all you know X11 best feature is
the ability to run apps from anywhere/any machine
& they simply show up on your desktop
m$ has implemented rdp as its terminal server
product but nothing comes close to what x11
can do & x11 is over 10 years old
implmenting that feature natively in aqua
would be killer...you could network into any other
mac & tranparently run apps on their machine
& have them show on your desktop
what do you guys think ?
Comments
getting it to run at least as fast as 9.2.2
the next killer os x feature?
getting it to run at least as fast as 9.2.2
I don't know, Jag runs pretty well on a Dual 1.25 Ghz PM. I'm sure that it runs even better on a Dual 1.42 Ghz PM. It does run a bit slower on non-G4 machines, but it is usable. I have a B&W G3 PM and Jag runs amazing on it that it actually brings a tear to my eye because my comp is running a OS so well despite its age. Plus, I think with the 970 and 10.3 coming out later this year that we will hear no more about comparing the speed of 9.2.2. to X
Hopefully Apple will add fast user switching, though.
Instead of Jaguar the new OS will be marketed as
Mac OS X 10.3d
oh... and the glasses will be included, free!, in the box.
<strong>Quartz is slow even on its own machine. It would be a lot slower on the network.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Er, not necessarily. If you're pushing pixels (VNC), then yeah. That's the braindead way to do it. If you're sending drawing commands (X11/Display PostScript) then the difference is negligible. X11 is usable over a *9600 modem* in many cases. (Well okay, it was pre-R3.) NeXT's use of DPS was heavenly.
would make people buy more macs beacuse
aqua is proprietory to apple.
if this feature exists then apple could make
a lightweight notepad type display device
(think star trek :tng etc etc here)
really low power cpu (motorola excels at embedded
cpu design) wi-fi & a 12" screen
all the device is really doing is displaying
windows as the drawing commands are sent from
whatever machine you "attach" to
you wouldnt need storage or even a full blown
os for that matter ...just a bare minimum display
subset..short of games you could actually run
anything somewhere & display it .
pete
[quote]Originally posted by wmf:
<strong>Remote display is cool, but I don't think it benefits Apple's bottom line. Apple probably doesn't want to sell low-margin thin clients and they definitely don't want an office full of people buying one Mac and a bunch of third-party thin clients.
Hopefully Apple will add fast user switching, though.</strong><hr></blockquote>
i.e part of the os so its completely transparent
so display cmds go over the ip stack
& you can use rendevouz to discover machines
to attach to/get display data from
[quote]Originally posted by thuh Freak:
<strong>umm, there is an x11 server available for macosx made by apple. that allows you to run foreign x11 programs on your local monitor. third parties also make x11 servers. is <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/x11/"; target="_blank">x11</a> what your talking about?</strong><hr></blockquote>