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It sounds like the question is really 'who does not use X server for their day to day computing?' The closest I come to this is when working on servers that do
by veganjay 10y ago
It sounds like the question is really 'who does not use X server for their day to day computing?'
The closest I come to this is when working on servers that don't have Xwindows installed. On these systems I don't need to use email, web, listen to music, etc.
Interesting question though. I assume folks that do this for development use tmux, screen or some other screen splitting.
OP: would this be better as an 'Ask HN'?
- veddox 10y ago> OP: would this be better as an 'Ask HN'? Yes, it would ;-) For some reason, I was under the impression that HN automatically prepends 'Ask HN' to all submissions that do not include a link. Guess I was wrong...
- brudgers 10y agoI think by default Hacker News throws all text only submissions into the "Ask HN" stream...except for those that start with "Show HN". But Show HN is more recent.
- qbrass 10y ago>It sounds like the question is really 'who does not use X server for their day to day computing?' On Linux, you can cheat and use the Linux framebuffer for graphics without needing X. You just need to find software that supports it. Mplayer, a couple image viewers, and several of the lighter web browsers do.