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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. Good, but one crevat by EdMack · · Score: 1, Troll

    In the end, nobody has to use it, and it's a good idea and I would love to see it eventually part of the distros

    BUT it's never going to catch on called 'Y'!
    A) it doesn't sound cool, and
    B) its too much like the yahoo IM service Y!

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    puts ("Python r0cks\n");