• Domi@lemmy.secnd.me
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    10 months ago

    Or maybe a server OS with desktop features stapled on the front?

    That is a very accurate description of Linux considering even X11 and Wayland are display servers. Pipewire and Pulseaudio are also servers.

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      10 months ago

      Don’t misunderstand what a server means, however. Just because something is called a server doesn’t mean it’s not made for the desktop. It’s a technical term that doesn’t necessarily relate to networking, it might just relate to stuff like inter-process communication.

      However, Wayland is designed for the desktop environment. It’s like the main reason why it replaces X11, which was designed for terminals.

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        10 months ago

        My comment was mostly meant as a joke. I’m aware most of them use their networking capabilities for IPC and being able to use them remotely is just a cool feature resulting from that (except X11).