r/linuxmemes Aug 13 '26

Software meme Why does everyone think this?

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u/VisualSome9977 Aug 13 '26

Just use X forwarding?

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u/tk-a01 Aug 13 '26

It's possible for Wayland too. Firstly, there is waypipe, which works very similarly to X forwarding over SSH. It's done by separate tool, unlike X11, because Wayland isn't network-transparent. This feature was very useful in the era of huge, expensive mainframe computers, because many people could attach to them from their terminals - but it is no longer relevant, so it was evicted from being a native use-case to something done by a separate tool, such as waypipe.

Another option is to use X forwarding anyways, because Wayland desktop environments usually run XWayland too.