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by miohtama 2503 days ago
With the exception of local editors (gvim) and administration software (xload), the need for these applications is easier to satisfy with online HTML5 apps.

These are historically exciting, but nowadays the web browser is your X11.
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powercf 2503 days ago
The browser can't implement xeyes (the cursor position outside a window is surely not visible?), so it will never be a serious replacement for X11.
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coribuci 2502 days ago
The web browser is the new OS. The biggest failure of Google is that they didn't hire Lennart. Imagine your Chrome running instead of SystemD. :)
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