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Yeah, I do think he's doing us a favor, on balance. And I pay for a subscription. Just surprised to see a news about a minor _library_ release see more upvotes
by hvis 6y ago
Yeah, I do think he's doing us a favor, on balance. And I pay for a subscription.
Just surprised to see a news about a minor _library_ release see more upvotes than the "Linux on iPad" thing, for instance. With the whole love for Apple around these parts.
And I don't remember seeing anything from Phoronix in "popular" here even a couple of months ago. Perhaps it indicates some particular shift in interest?
- npsimons 6y agoI can tell you as a Linux user since before there was an iPad, I just don't care about that. At all. Meanwhile, this sort of story (and the often technical discussion with people who know their shit) is precisely why I keep coming back to HN. To be sure, there are a fair number of people who gained interest in Apple when they finally gave up on pre-OSX (I remember having to admin a Mac lab back in the day; long hours spent imaging machines and fighting the OS to make it as close as we could to multi-user), and many who just got fed up with Linux's learning curve at some point, switched, and never looked back.
- bartvk 6y agoThe news must be viewed in light of the lack of development on the rest of X. In that light, it's definitely noteworthy. [1] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=XServer-Abandonware https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=XServer-...
- hvis 6y agoXorg 1.21 is still unlikely to be released. Just minor backports to 1.20 (and there are ongoing developments there).