[Discuss] Future of X11 (was Trying to connect to internet in Debian)

[Rich Pieri]

On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 10:27:06 -0500
"Derek Atkins" <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> X11 over SSH is a perfect solution.

Because X11 and SSH are TCP/IP protocol suites so they play nice
together. Wayland is an IPC protocol suite so it doesn't play nice with
TCP/IP.

> If my windowing system can't do that, then I'm going to push hard
> against it.

Good news: waypipe exists. With it you can do things like

waypipe ssh me at othermachine wayland-program

waypipe needs to be installed on both sides.

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