Texttop – An interactive X Linux desktop rendered in TTY and streamable over SSH
Given the quality of text (or the requirement to zoom) I&#x27;m not sure what the fuss is about. It looks abysmal, and having to zoom all the time is a habit I am glad we got rid of due to higher resolutions. Though still existing on mobile devices it is also user-friendlier to zoom there, and the reason for the feature is the device is more mobile.<p>You could already run a browser in a framebuffer for ages. Which means you&#x27;re not bound to X11. My friend, X11 hater (he was former Amiga user), just used CLI and a CLI web browser (well, he used Emacs) but sometimes he did need GUI and that was his solution. We&#x27;re talking end of &#x27;90s&#x2F;begin of &#x27;00s here during a time where X didn&#x27;t even compositing.<p>If you want to run X11 over SSH, that&#x27;s also possible, e.g. via NX Server. Another route could be SDN plus (Free)RDP. Mosh is great for latency, tho can&#x27;t be used for SSH over Tor due to UDP.