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Y: A Successor to the X Window System

Posted by michael on from the don't-know-your-own-limits dept.

impto writes "Whenever someone brings up the topic of replacing X, everyone always says that's nice, but where's the code? Well, Mark Thomas put his money where his mouth is and produced a replacement that maintains network transparency while adding many of the features that people desire from X such as alpha blending and a built-in toolkit. It still needs a bit of work to be as featureful as X but it's a fresh start that takes advantage of current technology and ideas. Read the paper here in PDF (1.7MB) or PS or grab the source and start hacking."

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  1. Re:Yeah but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Following standard ASCII the next characters should be [, \ and ]. You've got to admit, "the opening bracket window system" has something to it, although I'm not quite sure what that something is exactly.

  2. The name.. by eniu!uine · · Score: 5, Funny

    Some people don't like the name Y. I say hey, Y leaves us with Y Windows.. which is a good question.. why windows? Use Linux.

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