[mythtv-users] modernizing mythtv

[Mike Perkins]

On 09/05/14 01:27, John Morris wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-05-07 at 22:33 -0500, Saul A. Peebsen wrote:
>
>> No need for SSH, X has native feature to be accessed remotely, SSH is
>> needed only if accessed over untrusted network. You can have an X app
>> installed in a remote box - no X needed in this box - and you can run
>> this app from any box that has X installed. It is amazing how people do
>> not remember basics.
>
> Tried it lately?  Most modern distributions 'discourage' the practice.
> The local X server won't be bound to a TCP port out of the box and if
> iptables is running it will block any outside connection anyway.  And
> fixing it gets harder and harder every year.  And Wayland will put a
> final end to remote X unless you install an X11 emulation layer exactly
> like Windows folk must.
>
Huh? The X server runs on the box you sit in front of. The ports are standard. 
iptables? You only get that (on Debian, at least) if you ask for it.

And if Wayland doesn't have a networking option it will be of limited use to 
most *nix users.

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Mike Perkins