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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."

13 of 410 comments (clear)

  1. But.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can it still beat my honda hybrid ?

  2. First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post.

  3. But can I by 3CRanch · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...but can I play Halo on it?

  4. In Mother Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In Mother Russia X Powers YOU!!

  5. Everyone knows that... by copponex · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...the only way to speed up an underpowered compact car is to add a six foot spoiler.

    1. Re:Everyone knows that... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You forgot the racing stripes.

  6. Thats X.ORG by MikeDX · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    rather than X.COM which is of course paypal..

  7. MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mod Parent Up!!!!! Always a good laugh!

  8. #irc.trollta7k.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    [amazingkreskin.com] national gay niiger

  9. The Sinkbitch on /. by laptop006 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.luv.asn.au/overheads/linuxconfau.html For those who don't know daniel personally. (and yes that is Linus' autograph in the middle even if it's not as cool as my OpenBSD shirt signed by Linus)

    --
    /* FUCK - The F-word is here so that you can grep for it */
  10. Re:X in Windows? by uberchicken · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    > ... email me conorb at gmail

    Hey, that gmail spam filter not working for ya?

  11. Front Page + usability by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ars Technica is developed with MS FrontPage! argh
    <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0">

    Does this explain the ubber-ugly unusable web site they have?
    Every time I want to read an Ars Technica's article I copy it to a text editor and read it there.
    Why Ars persist with no alternative style-sheets? DO YOU COPY ME ARS???

  12. Poorly designed/ugly website by Burz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It figures.