[X2go-dev] PyHoca and the web

[--[ UxBoD ]--]

----- Original Message -----
> On 2 March 2011 12:45, brian mullan <bmullan.mail at gmail.com> wrote:
> [snip] (Remote Desktop can be anything, from a video streaming
> service
> to screenshots)
> 
> > URL: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/ThinVnc2.aspx
> >
> > With Wayland in the future in several distro's (Red Hat and Ubuntu
> > &
> > derivatives) are technologies like this something that could be
> > used in an x2go
> > future?
> 
> Red Hat? I don't think it's likely that they'll switch to Wayland in
> the near future. Possibly during the next five years, but I think
> it's
> more likely they'll hold off further into the future. They're not
> primarily a desktop company. Besides, they're going for stability and
> X is about as mature as Wayland is not.
> 
> Wayland doesn't have any remote display functionality. The developers
> are discussing it, and any discussion about what protocol to use, is
> pointless until we know what protocol they're going to use. Perhaps
> SPICE will be of use. It works quite well for virtual machines. If
> that can be built into the display server, I think that could give
> some interesting results. But again... Only time will show.
> 
> I don't understand this hunger for X over HTML. It's going to be far
> less efficient and I really don't see the big benefit. except for the
> ubiquity of the web browser. But is that enough to make large
> concessions in efficiency and functionality? Well, the Telnet client
> is available on far more computers than any SSH client is. Should we
> switch back, just to increase the availability a little bit?
> 
> I don't think it's a good idea.
> 

I believe the problem at hand is that there is only a Firefox plugin available. If a display could be delivered via HTML5 then it becomes truly portable. I could walk into a cyber-cafe (and yes am aware of security concerns) and connect to my work computer using FF, IE, CHROME, or any other HTML5 browser.  That would make a very powerful business tool indeed.
-- 
Thanks, Phil