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Linux Desktop Without X11

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it-could-happen dept.

A writes "Rocklyte systems have announced the first version of their Athene Operating System. It is a desktop and embedded operating system built on the Linux kernel, but without the "aging X11". Instead, it uses the SciTech SNAP graphics system with which it is possible to completely re-theme the desktop to look like the famous AmigaOS GUI or another famous UI. For backwards compatibility, an X11 server is also available in the system. The system can run completely off the CD, without needing to be installed on the harddrive."

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  1. Linux without X11... by Red+Warrior · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looks a lot like DOS.

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    ~Epictetus
    1. Re:Linux without X11... by Phattypants · · Score: 3, Funny

      Alas I can't get to the link so I don't know how much it looks like DOS, but it does look a lot like the DOS inherent when a link is first posted on Slashdot. :)

  2. And the .iso mirrors are ? by JUSTONEMORELATTE · · Score: 1, Funny

    Bonus points to the first one to post mirrors of the iso image.

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    1. Re:And the .iso mirrors are ? by the_consumer · · Score: 3, Funny

      from the site:

      # Free for Non-Commercial (Home) Use.
      # Source Code is Publicly Available.

      And I have never paid for sex in my life. You must be one ugly bastard.

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    2. Re:And the .iso mirrors are ? by Pharmboy · · Score: 2, Funny

      God, why is it the majority of Linux users are whining thieving babies who want everything for free? Wake up to the real world, where nothing is free. Not sex, not food, not clothing, and most certainly not operating systems.

      If you lower your standards enough, everything is free. Sex? Find someone ugly enough. Food? Go dumpster diving. Clothing? Bin diving at the Salvation Army. OS? Fortunately, Linux doesn't require settling for less, and much less offensive than the gap-toothed gal with a peg leg you picked up for free sex.

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    3. Re:And the .iso mirrors are ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      As a gap-toothed, peg-legged gal, I take offense to that. I charge plenty for sex.

    4. Re:And the .iso mirrors are ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Add up all the money ... and divide it by the number of times you've had sex with her to get an idea of how much sex is costing you.

      NaN

      Hmmm...

    5. Re:And the .iso mirrors are ? by great_flaming_foo · · Score: 3, Funny

      Add up all the money you've spent on dates, gifts, etc. for her and divide it by the number of times you've had sex with her to get an idea of how much sex is costing you

      did anyone else get this error:

      Runtime error (func=(main), adr=7): Divide by zero

  3. Not only can, it does. (obligatory) by oblom · · Score: 5, Funny

    The system can run completely off the CD, without needing to be installed on the harddrive."

    At least that's what the server seems to be running from.

  4. When is X12 coming out? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    X11 really is ancient.

    1. Re:When is X12 coming out? by Soko · · Score: 5, Funny

      X12? Geez, I need to pay attention. I was waiting for XIII to be released...

      Soko

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    2. Re:When is X12 coming out? by naelurec · · Score: 4, Funny

      And then Microsoft will release X11#

    3. Re:When is X12 coming out? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Dude, X2 just came out. It'll be a while before they reach X12...

    4. Re:When is X12 coming out? by __past__ · · Score: 4, Funny

      What, not X100?

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    5. Re:When is X12 coming out? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Right before "The Matrix 12: Regurgitated" comes out.

    6. Re:When is X12 coming out? by Captain+Large+Face · · Score: 2, Funny

      Duh! Everyone knows X11 should be followed by X001. :P

  5. X10 is critical technology! by Thud457 · · Score: 5, Funny
    I used to just hate when blonde hotties broke into my house and start taking their clothes off!

    Thanks to the miracle of X10 security technology, I no longer have to worry about that. THANKS X10!

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    the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

    1. Re:X10 is critical technology! by Goonie · · Score: 2, Funny

      And does it make a sound when a tree falls on her?

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  6. Virus Proof? by Rick.C · · Score: 2, Funny
    OK, the pool starts... now!

    How long before someone writes a successful virus for the runs-from-CD implementation?

    Never say "never"
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  7. Re:Woooooooooo! by realdpk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sure, choice is good, but why not make it easy on yourself and choose "vi" - the only correct choice.

  8. Re:Milestone by Alomex · · Score: 4, Funny


    Personally, I love X,

    Otherwise known as the Stockholm syndrome.

  9. Imagine that by niom · · Score: 2, Funny

    In fact some X servers for Linux are FASTER than Windows.

    Wow man. FASTER than Windows. That's the stuff dreams are made of.

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  10. And then X101, X110, X111, X1000... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    LOL!

  11. Re:Myabe X11 just needs another revision by poot_rootbeer · · Score: 2, Funny

    The way I see X being slow is that widgets need to be on server-side instead of client-side.

    Don't forget that because of an idiosyncrasy in the way X client/server communications are conceptualized, the X SERVER is the thing with a display and input devices, and the CLIENTS are the machines running applications (which may or may not be remote to the X console) that request I/O services from the server.

    So you've got it backwards, unless you think X has it backwards, in which case you've got it forwards.

  12. shhh.... by caino59 · · Score: 2, Funny

    don't tell the RIAA! ;oP

  13. Re:Themes schemes-"G" Rated. by SoupIsGoodFood_42 · · Score: 2, Funny

    That has to be the most funniest anology I have ever seen. Are you seriously trying to compare Quake to windowed GUIs? Put down the crack pipe buddy.

  14. that's progress for you by g4dget · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, instead of an aging client/server, network-transparent window system, you can now be transported all the way back to 1960's technology: direct frame buffer access. If that isn't progress, I don't know what is.