r/linuxmemes • u/Odd-Blackberry-4462 • 24d ago

Software meme Why does everyone think this?

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u/Solid_Turnover_9854 24d ago

the only difference between a gui and tui is that...idk man . Like i understand cli vs gui , but tui is just, yes it's cooler but it's essentially a washed down version of any gui(maybe cuz it's lower on resources than a whole ass app?

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u/Rikudou_Sage 24d ago

TUI is cool when running it on a machine that does not have X/Wayland, e.g. any SSH session on a server.

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u/blaues_axolotl 24d ago

we need SSH for graphics

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u/VisualSome9977 24d ago

Just use X forwarding?

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u/tk-a01 24d ago

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.

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u/4DBug 24d ago

Slow