Re: The Desktop Strikes Back [was Re: Newbie FAQ #2: Where's the GUI?]

On Apr 2, 3:05 pm, Peter Hildebrandt <peter.hildebra...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
(2) The more general purpose web apps become, the more turns the browser
into an OS. Obviously it is not optimal to constantly run one OS inside
another. Hence, if we really want thin clients, than we really should
have thin clients. That is, the desktop pc should have nothing but a
web app optimized user interface.

We used to have this. It was called an "X Terminal", and you ran X
locally
while programs executed on a remote server. I realize that you and
plenty
of other people here probably know about them too, but I am always
amused
when somebody suggests, "We don't need to run anything locally, just a
remote desktop client/web browser/whatever!"
I do something similar with Plan 9; you boot the terminal, it mounts a
remote
root over the network, and you're golden. No installing apps for you,
leave
that to the sysadmin. If your terminal is old, you also have the
option of
running them on the server.
Nothing new under the sun, but a lot of old things people have
forgotten ;)

John
.

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