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For me X has always symbolized old, hard to configure, clunky, and ugly. It wasn't meant to be part of Unix but it mixed in. I am glad to see it go at least fro
by Aegean 16y ago
For me X has always symbolized old, hard to configure, clunky, and ugly. It wasn't meant to be part of Unix but it mixed in. I am glad to see it go at least from our desktops.
- nodata 16y agoX has worked for years with no configuration. Not sure if symbolisation is important here, if it was, we'd just rename it.
- beza1e1 16y agoI found X quite easy to configure. Just set a few values in Xorg.conf and nowdays it even works without this sometimes. X11 as a protocol is old and mature like TCP or SMTP. Just like SMTP it has some problems, but Wayland throws away some core features to fix it. Hopefully, Wayland is flexible enough to get network transparency like X11 at some point.
- baq 16y ago>Just set a few values in Xorg.conf and nowdays it even works without this sometimes. you make it sound like it was an advantage.
- nwmcsween 16y agoUnix is old clunky and hard to configure. I could go far into details, I could even write a book on the subject and I have been using it since the early 90's because there is no alternative with traction.