>> I think comparing Linux to AmigaOS running on the exact same device is a
>> reasonable comparison. They both have the same hardware to play with,
>> after all...
>
> But they don't have the same capabilities and features. X11 is built
> around networking and serving multiple users. So it's a flawed
> comparison to compare a GUI that is built around doing direct hardware
> calls to a specific chip set versus an application that is built around
> filing forms in triplicate (with the yellow going to finance and the
> pink to HR) asking for permission to invalidate a rectangle, and then
> upon receiving confirmation that it was cleared to do so, send further
> documents proposing what it intends to do with that section on the
> screen, requesting the hiring of draftsmen to draw lines, painters to
> paint sections of the rectangle, etc...

Question: Has anybody ever, in the history of X11, actually run the 
display on a different machine to the one where the program is?

I realise that X11 *can* do this (hypothetically), but does anybody ever 
use it? From what I've seen, everybody actually uses VNC instead.

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