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Not saying X is anywhere near perfect. But losing network transparency is a mistake.

Personally I always preferred MGR. I suppose that evolved into Plan 9's window system, but I've never tried the latter. My attempt to bring MGR into the modern age is clunky at best. https://github.com/hyc/mgr But there's a lot to be said for a lightweight network-transparent protocol with a braindead-simple runtime.



> losing network transparency is a mistake.

Why? X11 competes with VNC to provide remote interaction. VNC wins, and not by a small factor, on the apps I use day-to-day.




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