Mike McGrath <mmcgrath@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > [...] >> > [...] >> >> Imagine that technology applied to actual applications.... That run >> >> anywhere HTML5 does. Our idea of the desktop is gone. [...] >> >> What about remote desktop widgetry like VNC, running inside a web >> browser? If that becomes fast enough, perhaps there's no need to >> reinvent everything else. > > Latency and other factors (like trying to teach your dad how to set > something like that up) will ensure it doesn't happen. Especially if the > competing technologies already exist and have been properly formatted > (like for a mobile device.) Those don't sound entirely insurmountable technical challenges. One can run meego apps in a Xvfb (right?). One can automate its configuration. > I don't think the future is making the desktop mobile or globally > available. I think it's letting $PROVIDER run it. That is clearly the dominant narrative. I wonder how far one can push things in a slightly different direction, where $PROVIDER is in fact one's own home server/desktop, interacting with the data already stored there. That sort of self-sufficiency has all sorts of FOSS goodness about it. - FChE _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
