On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 09:45:59 -0800, Big Bad Bob wrote:

> On 02/11/17 06:32, Ahem A Rivet's Shot so wittily quipped:
>>  Wayland retains the hardware independence but throws away the
>> network transparency, which almost certainly makes for a local display
>> that performs better than X can.
>
> and Wayland removes the ability to run a GUI application on the RPi
> while displaying it on another computer that's connected via a network
> cable, something that _I_ do a _LOT_ on headless systems.  I want to be
> able to connect my RPi via ethernet ONLY, no keyboard, no mouse, no
> video.  Just the ethernet.  And from here, I can program it to do
> _anything_.  And being able to run 'pluma' to edit system files, shell
> scripts, python code, and so on *LOCALLY* on the RPi is a *HUGE*
> benefit.  Wayland takes ALL of that AWAY.
>
> some of the BEST feature of the RPi surface when you run it as a
> HEADLESS system, and for that, running GUI applications over the
> ethernet is a HUGE benefit.
>
> FYI - if you haven't tried it, here's how it works:
>
> let's say your desktop computer is 192.168.1.50, and the RPi is
> 192.168.1.51 .
>
> (on the RPI from a secure shell)
> export DISPLAY=192.168.1.50:0.0
>
> (on 'your desktop computer' running the X11 server)
> xhost +192.168.1.51
>
> (you may need to alter the X11 config a bit to make sure you can access
> X11 on the network; check for port 6001 listening on your desktop
> machine, and don't expose it to the outside world, i.e. block it at the
> firewall)
>
>
> then run an application like 'pluma' or even a web client like 'midori'.
>  It will display on the desktop computer, and interact with the
> keyboard/mouse there.  Enjoy!

or s imply add the -X switch to the ssh command when you connect
I have this as a default setting & agree that being able to forward the
Gui of a remote application is something i would not want to do without,
even if it is just something as simple as thunar for file management




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