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  1. Re:OS X is such a misnomer... by anatoli · · Score: 3 · on Mac OS X, XML, and Aqua
    XML is such a misnomer.

    There is no X support at all. Moreover, there's no ML support at all! Please W3C change the name.
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  2. XFree86 != X by karzan · · Score: 0 · on Making Linux Beautiful
    Why does the link to the X Window System in this post link to xfree86.org and not x.org? People repeatedly refer to XFree86 as if it's synonymous with X. Sorry, no. The current version of X is NOT 3.3, it's 11, release 6.4. Get a clue! XFree86 is just one implementation of X, specifically for x86 platforms.

    This link should point to www.x.org!

  3. G MEANS "GAY", Q IS GAY, HORSES EAT HAY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Let the Simpsons be Your Free ISP

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  4. Re:KDE by mafried · · Score: 1 · on New XFree86 snapshot - 3.9.17

    KDE is the desktop environment. It runs on top of XFree86, which is what controls the overall graphics. When you say that KDE is better than XFree86, you must be confusing XFree86 with Gnome, another desktop environment available under and the X Window system.

  5. Actually, I was thinking.. by Kitsune+Sushi · · Score: 1 · on PowerPC Processor Roadmap

    I've been thinking the past week or two that if Apple can keep up their lead on the processor market as they clearly plan to (of course I'm still confused as to why IBM and Motorla make chips for Apple), owning a Mac might not be so bad (even if most of their stuff nowadays looks like it was built by space aliens IMHO). I also thought it was interesting that they were supporting a project, MkLinux, with The Open Group (not that I've ever been a big fan of TOG).

    Of course, this old article made me laugh a bit. Use MacOS for graphical applications? Why bother with a dual boot? TOG, of all people, should know you can run graphical applications on Linux. After all, they're the ones who put together X.Org to maintain the official X stuff (TOG getting X.. ugh..). Seems kind of silly to me.

    It seems like a smart move to Apple, though, to support Linux. After all, if they can have Linux running on their machines, and have superior hardware to what's already out there, they could tap some potential markets (especially if they have modems on their computers.. I'm so sick of Linux "desktops" without modems because the computer makers love winmodems, which is something I'm sure that Apple doesn't subscribe to, at least, as their machines obviously don't run Windows).

    P.S. Yes I realize the "X" link leads to the XFree86 site. I have my reasons, but I don't want to explain them, ok? :)

  6. Re:SCO? by MikeBabcock · · Score: 2 · on What if Red Hat bought SCO?

    SCO is the Santa Cruz Operation. If you had read the entire article in question, you would have picked up that SCO is one of the foremost Unix makers in the world. Their address (SCO.COM) might have helped a little, but most of us who have been around for some time have come to know SCO on some level. Their Unixware 7.0 and OpenServer are some of the highest (if not THE highest) selling Unix variants on the market. They also have a lot of clout with the OpenGroup (see X.ORG).

    Hope this satisfies your "first post" question.

  7. enuf theology, get the tarball by johnhebert · · Score: 2 · on Ted Nelson Releases Xanadu

    ftp://ftp.ospreysolutions. com/xanadu/xanadu0822rel.tar.z

    Spread it around, its Free©. (thx RMS)

    ok, mebbe a little bit more religious rant:

    Ted Nelson's ideas have influenced a whole gaggle of software developers and such. He seems to have influenced some of the XML spec. His ideas are worth examining, especially his tumbler arithmetic. Sure, he is eccentric. I aspire to be that eccentric. :)

    I'm not going to print any t-shirts that propose to remake the Web in Xanadu's image. I'm merely looking at the ideas of a pioneer.

    On a tangent: there seems to be more noise than signal on /. as of late. Guess it comes with popularity. Let's not forget that we do this because it is fun and interesting, right?

  8. Re:X needs to incorporate Networked Sound by Giver+Of+Data · · Score: 1 · on Ask Slashdot: Comparing the GUIs

    It has been done by at least 3 teams. Check out ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/audio/. All we need is a singular standard.

  9. Re:Xinerama- how does it work? by Jamie+Zawinski · · Score: 1 · on XFree86 Release Plans
    I hadn't heard of Xinerama before. I found a brief description about it on x.org. It sounds fairly limited:
    15. Xinerama

    The Xinerama extension provides a way for a multi-headed system to function as one large screen. Windows can span multiple screens and can move from one screen to another.

    Currently, the Xinerama Extension works in a homogeneous graphics environment. A graphics environment is considered homogeneous if, for example, all of the graphics cards have 8 planes with 6 visuals. Mixing a 24-plane graphics card with a 8-plane card creates a heterogeneous environment.

    Unlike other multiple screen implementations, Xinerama provides a solution at the device-independent level. The advantage of this approach is that it reduces the amount of work involved in supporting and maintaining the extension. The number of graphics devices on the market continues to grow; embedding the extension functionality into the device dependent code for each device would be a maintenance nightmare. Since the Xinerama implementation does not require any low-level graphics modifications, existing device-dependent code does not have to be recompiled. In the loadable server world, the Xinerama Extension will work with existing device-dependent shared libraries.

    The Xinerama extension is not a standard. It is neither an X Consortium standard nor an X Project Team specification.

    I remember, years ago, being blown away when someone showed me a Macintosh with multiple monitors, one of which was a low-resolution 1-bit screen, and the other of which was a giant color screen. They dragged a window so that half was on one screen and half was on the other -- and both sides of the window displayed properly.

    I doubt X will ever be able to do that. I think it would require major protocol and API changes.