davidrg wrote on 2022-11-21, 20:01:
I think these days you'll find Remote X doesn't work too well. Most modern software, and especially web browsers, do all their drawing themselves rather than using X11 primitives. This means you end up just shipping bitmaps around the network much like VNC but probably less intelligent. If you're considering Linux you're really better off just installing it directly on your machine and maybe dual-booting, or giving the Raspberry Pi a keyboard/mouse/display.
(Remote X does work perfectly fine for software actually designed for it - I can happily run CDE and all of its utilities over the internet using Remote X and performance is almost like I'm sitting at the machine. Problem is no one has built software that way in probably 15-20 years)
Hi thanks for reply, yes, i realize the dumb X will not do a good job with complex stuff, but still did not test with a local raspberry or mini pc. My only test was connecting a bsd server i admin and the experiencie watching netflix over X was not good, but i cant say 100% is because X or the network
maybe this weekend i have time and try with a local network pc
Shponglefan wrote on 2022-11-21, 20:21:
I don't use XP as my main OS. Both with security risks and the fact that most modern applications don't support XP, it wouldn't work as my daily driver.
I do have a retro XP system for gaming, but it is not connected to any network. I only use CD installed games on that system.
I work in security, bank mainly. Some computers that we have connected still run NT4, and still are rock solid machines
zyga64 wrote on 2022-11-21, 20:39:There is a reason, that now we have Firefox 107 and Chrome 107. Compared to last versions compatible with Windows XP they are […]
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There is a reason, that now we have Firefox 107 and Chrome 107. Compared to last versions compatible with Windows XP they are much faster !
Rendering is much better, no screen tearing in Youtube, better Javascript engines, etc. Besides, TCP/IP stack in Windows XP is less efficient than in newer versions of Windows or modern Linux.
Well, I have one Windows XP XP3 (with TLS1.2 patches) machine connected to internet (Core2 E8400, 4GB RAM, Geforce 7300). Even with Mypal 68 internet browsing is far from comfortable.
Contrary to this, Debian 11 on this machine (with integrated GMA3100 GPU) was perfectly usable for web browsing.
Windows XP is now only good for playing old games 😀
IMHO.
mm... strange, my brother have a similar computer than me, C2Q 2.83ghz 8GB ram, windows 7 x64 (i ran a quad 771 xeon 2.5ghz), and i dont see much difference when i do web browsing compared to XP in my computer, at least in some heavy web sites like youtube, github, etc, other websites, like goberment stuff, bank, etc we use a lot are exactly same
In fact, sometimes i need to work in a i3 laptop, win10, and besides the OS is crap, i dont feel nothing big different in web browsing
Norton Commander wrote on 2022-11-21, 20:27:
I was using XP as my main OS till about 2 years ago. Main reason I switched was lack of modern browsers. The available Mozilla browsers are woefully outdated and the chrome ports (360Chrome) do a better job but are glitchy and lack DRM support.
I find XP runs remarkably well on a modern Windows 10 PC using VMWare. I get 3D acceleration for games and can switch back to 10 for modern web browsing.
Get yourself a newer computer with either AMD or Nvidia GPU and CPU virtualization support (Intel VT-x or AMD-V).
I found 360browser works well after some tweaks and HEAVY hacking, and not glitchy or give me problems
What i did was to connect my computer through a cisco hardware firewall i borrow from a client, and did test for one week, cheking all in/out connections, login all day (i dont trust not in chinese, google or any of this companies)
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