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The Power of X

Posted by michael on from the name-that-you-want-to-touch,-but-you-musn't-touch! dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The license changes in the last version of Xfree86 have caused many distributions to reject the project in favor of the forked X.Org X server. As X.Org prepares to release the second version of the X.Org "monolithic" X Server (dubbed version 6.8), Ars Technica investigates the future of the X platform, as cooperation between X.Org and projects like GNOME and KDE begin to take take hold at freedesktop.org. Already host to an impressive array of projects, it appears that freedesktop.org will become the hub in which other Free Desktop projects can collaborate. Daniel Stone, release manager for freedesktop.org, gets into the details on how it's all going to work, in conjunction with freedesktop.org's upcoming platform release."

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  1. Does it run linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I think its time to shitcan X and start something new from scratch. X is slow, bloated, and impractical for todays desktop needs.

    It was originally designed for thin clients in the 1980s! Todays users want a fast responsive GUI, not a remote thin client desktop.

    If it cant even do something simple like copy and paste consistently then its time to scrap it.

    *posting AC because ruthless mods will say this is flamebait*

  2. Re:Unfortunate... by TheRealMindChild · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    NetBSD and X go together. If you are using *BSD AT ALL as a desktop operating system, you need to have brain surgery.

    But I can tell you don't REALLY know what is going on... after all, "X-Windows" doesnt actually exist. What you are referring to is the "X Windowing System", or "X" for short (http://www.fact-index.com/x/x_/x_window_system.ht ml)

    Aficionados commonly refer to the X Window System as "X11" or simply as "X", but frown on the widespread but incorrect label "X Windows", analogous to "Microsoft Windows". A T-shirt seen at an X11 conference bore the sentiment: "It's a windowing system named 'X', not a system named 'X Windows'".

    I am tired of the Unix/Clone bandwagon. Quit using your hammer to stir your koolaid.

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    "When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!" -- Cave Johnson
  3. Re:Progress by TheRealMindChild · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    FOr a workstation or server, X is perfect. I mean really perfect. Everything it does it to increase productivity. The problem is, Linux is TRYING to make headway into the desktop market, and X is NOT a good desktop windowing system in my opinion. Direct Rendering is nothing more then a hack, and a bad one at that. It reminds me of DirectX 3 on windows 95... and even that was more elegant an implementation. It can be latent in its responsiveness as well. I just dont think a client/server architecture is appropriate for a desktop, end user, windowing system. But I think it IS perfect for the workstation/server market.

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    "When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!" -- Cave Johnson
  4. The future of X/Linux: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Here you go. You're welcome.