Frontiers: A New Xlib Compatible Window System

Posted by timothy on Monday October 6, 2003 @10:10PM from the but-x-is-so-versatile dept.

alucard writes "The JourneyOS people have published this overview of their upcoming window system. It looks like it is OpenGL based and uses XML as the communications protocol. The biggest news is that it is supposed to have Xlib compatibility, but uses HyperQueues instead of Unix domain sockets. Could this get rid of the speed problems of XFree86 while still retaining Xlib compatibility? I think this is something everyone wants, but projects to create alternative GUIs such as Fresco and PicoGUI have given up any hope of compatibility with X11 or Xlib. Can we expect another alternative out there soon?"

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(+5, Patriotic) by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-06 22:15 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Join the army.
^;Increase your _P"E^N"I,S' ^SIZE* by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-06 22:15 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Why do people keep offering me this crap?
X is not slow! by gentoo_troll · 2003-10-06 22:29 · Score: -1, Offtopic

X isn't slow. If you use Gentoo, you can compile X to be real specific to your architecture. My X runs really supafast! Maybe everyone should just try it!
MOD PARENT REDUNDANT by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-06 23:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

it was already posted here.
What would you prefer? by alex_ant · 2003-10-07 00:15 · Score: 0, Offtopic

REOSpeedwagOS?