Re: FVWM: fvwm3?

On Thu, 2024-02-08 at 21:02 +1000, Stuart Longland wrote:
> On 8/2/24 13:51, hw wrote:
> > It has become a very limited option years ago and is basically
> > obsolete.  Just try to run, for example, firefox on a remote host via
> > X11 forwarding.  I suspect that anything that might use acceleration
> > powers of a graphics card doesn't work, and that kinda leaves only
> > xterm which would be pointless.  It also has always been rather slow
> > (slow on a 1 gigabit network and up to unusably slow over internet
> > (VPN)) and was never a good option.
>=20
> Oddly enough, it *does* work, even via SSH over a WAN link, with a few=
=20
> caveats.
>=20
> 1. you must start with `--new-instance` if you have Firefox running on=
=20
> your local workstation as well; otherwise it'll "talk" to your local=20
> Firefox instance and tell *it* to open a new window
> 2. there'll be some noticeable lag, forget watching videos

Last time I tried it didn't work at all.  And what's the point when
it's so slow that it's useless.

I guess you can still try to do some web browsing with lynx as well :)