On: Ubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark released

[majewsky]

1% of users with very particular requirements should not hold back the experience of the other 99%.

[reacweb → majewsky]

Where do you get these numbers ? At work, I do not know where the servers are physically located (some VMware ESX in a closet). Most of my colleagues are in the same situation. Even for windows, many people use terminal services for teleworking. At my previous job in Belgium, it was similar (with a different X server).

I have provided support to Nederlands and Portugal using X11VNC.

Outside work, my wife and my mother are using linux. They call me when they have an issue. Hopefully, I can help them remotely 99% of the time.

IMHO, local desktop is the exception in entreprises.

[majewsky → reacweb]

I'm not arguing against VNC (which is very much possible with Wayland today). I'm arguing against the legacy cruft that is the X11 network protocol.

[castle-bravo → majewsky]

Something as fundamental as remote desktop should not be sacrificed for the convenience of a tiny minority of developers.

[majewsky → castle-bravo]

It appears we have finally found a volunteer for X11 maintenance.

[collinmanderson → castle-bravo]

The lack of a reliable UI is one of the main reasons holding me back from using Ubuntu as my main OS. I wouldn’t mind giving up a native Remote Desktop if it means everything else works better.