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The Linux kernel is also a monolith yet has worked forever without a rewrite. I think there is a reasonably agreed on set of things that can be removed from X,
by torginus 10mo ago
The Linux kernel is also a monolith yet has worked forever without a rewrite.
I think there is a reasonably agreed on set of things that can be removed from X, like server-side drawing primitives, and GLX
- creatonez 10mo agoThe Linux kernel was not born obsolete on arrival like the X Window System was. At least, not fully obsolete. It will be obsolete someday, anyways.
- yjftsjthsd-h 10mo agoIn what way was X11 obsolete in 1987?
- naikrovek 10mo ago“Obsolete” means that a replacement exists which is as good as, or better than, the thing it aims to replace, in every significant way. X11 is far from obsolete.