>>> 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?

Me, and the rest of my team, every day for 10 of the last 15 years.

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