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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:overloards by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    See this? Notice the line of Score: 0's down the table? There's a reason.

  2. Re:overloards by new_breed · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you're going to make that joke a thousands times over, please spell 'overlords' correctly.

  3. Re:Slashdot Prediction! by bj8rn · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Have you considered the possibility that some categories may overlap? For instance, this post belongs to at least three (bullshit, goatse, ??? profit):

    1. Post a goatse link
    2. ???
    3. Profit!

    (In this case, profit = 1, Offtopic)

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  4. Re:Up to a point... by BTO · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Just because someone is not skilled in the areas that you are, doesn't mean that they aren't skilled in other areas.

    Wrong. I am skilled in all areas. Therefore, anyone not skilled in the areas I am is not skilled in any area. QED. BTW, "QED" is latin for "Duh."

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