X11 has always seemed weird to me, from an architectural and interface perspective, compared to the Unix platform it's built on. I suppose it's the impedance m

X11 has always seemed weird to me, from an architectural and interface perspective, compared to the Unix platform it's built on. I suppose it's the impedance mismatch between the "Worse is Better" Unix crowd and the "purity of interface" MIT crowd (http://dreamsongs.com/WorseIsBetter.html http://dreamsongs.com/WorseIsBetter.html) This article was useful in showing the interface between the Unix side and the X11 side.