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Y Window System Project Started
cuppm writes "Y, Mark Thomas's final year project for his masters degree, is back in active development (outlined here). Here is the email I received: '...Y development is about to start up again. If you are interested in participating, the website is at: http://www.y-windows.org/. There are links to mailing lists there, and you can download the latest development snapshot, which should compile this time :o). I apologise if I did not respond to your email personally. I was on holiday in Japan when the story broke, and by the time I got back I had over 80 emails about the subject, many of them in depth. If you had specific points that you'd like to raise, I suggest re-raising them on the y-devel mailing list.' So for all those who think it's time for a X replacement, here's your shot. And for those X lovers, use Y's extensibility to make it X compatible." See our previous story for more background.
Sounds like a good reason to switch to Y Windows!
The Y-windows site was Slashdotted 30 seconds after it was posted! A new record! Go Team!
(aahhadabahahah why windows)
Hi there
And for those X lovers, use Y's extensibility to make it X compatible.
So basically it's "Y-XFree86", right? There might be prior art here, I've heard people say that for years.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
If it had been called "Y Don't You Do The Dishes, Bitch" then we might be laughing with you, and not at.
HTH -- ~Darl
3... 2... 1... Trademark infringement lawsuit from The Open Group!
Quickly followed by a name change to "Y-windash".
These sigs are more interesting tha
...except for the fact that women are XX and men are XY.
find / -name *base* -exec chown us:us {} \; su -c someone 'export UP_US=thebomb' for f in great justice ; do sed -e 's/zig//g'
Wake me up when we get to Z-windows...
1: Do you use X on linux?
2: No. Y.
1: I was just wondering, what do you use?
2: Y!
1: I'm just curious, now will you please tell me what you use if you don't use X?
2: Y!
ok, that was sorta lame, how about...
tech Support: What desktop environment do you use?
user: ummm why?
tech: You use Y? Ok, so what you wanna do is...
user: What? I don't know what you're talking about.
no comment
Abbot: Are you using X Windows?
Costello: No, Y
Abbot: I just want to know
Costello: Y
Abbot: Look, All I want to find out is what controls your display?
Costello:: I just told you?
Abbot: Told me what?
Costello:: No, "What" is the name of the window manager....
Abbot: I am not talking about the window manager!
From excellent karma to terible karma with a single +5 funny post...
The GPL should be less like a virus-- infecting whatever code gets close to it.
It should be more like a tiger-- going out and hunting down other code to kill.
YINX (y is not xwindows)
CB
free ipod and free gmail!
I may be new here, but will someone give a quick rundown on what exactly Y windows is and how it is different or is an improvement over X windows or any other windowing system?
Simple, Y is One Better.
Just like my amplifier, which goes to 11.
I'm not normally an irrational zealous dickhead, but I figure "When in Rome..."
Actually, since X Windows is at version X11 R6, this will be the at least the 18th time...
Skinner: Not the interrogative, but rather a windowing system with the unlikely name of "Y".
Chalmers: Well that's just great, Seymour. We've been out here six seconds and you've already managed to blow the routine.
[storms off, muttering] Sexless freak.
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was my final year project for my masters degree at the Department of Computing, Imperial College
Bah, those are the same people who designed the Death Star. Won't Y have the same design flaws?
I find your lack of faith.....disappointing....
-1, "1337" speak
Oh, you mean kinda like a replacement?
If they'll replace the default cursor with a Y instead of an X.
Mine has a built-in web browser, MIME extractor, yEnc support and a display engine optimized for fleshtones.
I call it "The XXX Windowing System".
Xfree86 is over 10 years old
And that means it shoud be scrapped? Win32 is also over 10 years old, do you think we should just scrap that too?!?
Oh, wait... point taken. I'm going to go download Y now.
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Well, if there was ever a more clear-cut case where something should be developed in the D language I've never seen it.
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