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The Power of X
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."
The next X.org release is X, free, 6.8?
But my question is... how many more forks will we have?
Think of it this way, Linux is like a fancy dinner, just remember that this fork is for the sala- NO, NOT THAT ONE!
It would be cool if it didn't suck.
Most people don't need internationalization
I despair. I do not pass GO, I do not collect $200, I just despair.
Whence? Hence. Whither? Thither.
I run 40x25, you insensi-
tive clod!
Snickersnee3: Build your own 3-watt Luxeon Star headlamp from scratch
X.org devs: Yeah! Oh yeah! Splitters! Splitters!
Dev 2: What?
Dev 1: X.org! Splitters!
Dev 2: We're X.org!
Dev 1: I thought we were XFree86!
Dev 2: XFree86... huh!
Dev 3: Whatever happened to XFre86?
Dev 1: He's over there... (points to lone man)
X.org devs: SPLITTER!!
bytesmythe
Hypocrisy is the resin that holds the plywood of society together.
-- Scott Meyer
But my question is... how many more forks will we have?
:D
As many spoons and knifes that we have