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Open source is wonderful. Good luck to Ubuntu, though I love X. As an end user of X, fluxbox, and X-forwarding over ssh, X just works. I'm not looking forward to compatibility troubles when the new fleet of X replacements arrives.

Debian, please continue to maintain old stalwarts as Ubuntu and other distros flirt with the new.

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What happens to the X windows forwarded over ssh when the connection drops? Can you reattach afterwards?

If you use something like Xpra, sure: http://xpra.org/

No, I think the app gets killed.

Depends on the app. Emacs can survive and re-attach later. A single emacs session can be connected to multiple X (and tty) sessions at a time. I use this all day, my emacs session runs for weeks or months between restarts and I just connect/disconnect to X servers or ttys as needed.

I thought we had moved beyond these gripes about Wayland. Wayland already supports a far more performant remote networking ability and XWayland gives you all the compatibility you need.

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