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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, March 06 2013 @ 08:15 AM EST |
i haven't used X forwarding since 2002, but it still seems like the perfect
solution to some of the little problems raised by tablets, smartphones etc. In
fact it's likely to be one of the first things I try if I ever get a
smartphone.
Suppose I'm busy using my PC to write a document, and want to add some
information I have stored on my 'phone. I imagine my options being: (1) Type
the information by hand on the PC; (2) connect the 'phone to the PC as a storage
device, find the relevant file and use software on the PC to read it; (3)
connect the 'phone to the PC and run the relevant app on the 'phone, using X
forwarding to bring the app's UI to the PC desktop, then highlight and paste the
information; (4) use something like VNC to bring the 'phone's entire UI to the
desktop.
While option (2) works fine in most cases, (3) would be far more convenient and
would bring less distractions - maybe even less overhead - than (4).
TBF, X is notoriously complex and even clunky in places, but I'd want any
"upgrade" to provide the same features, including the benefits of the
server-client model. Now, if Ubuntu managed to do that in a smaller, cleaner
package than X, then I'd be interested.
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