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Because X sucked. I hated X Windows, nothing worked right at all back then. Actually, the last time I used it, it still sucked. And how has X caught on?

• chris_wot 14y ago
  Worked fine for me. X is very popular now. Don't know when you last used it, but "it still sucked" brings nothing to this conversation.
  • rymith 14y ago
    Very popular, to whom? Linux has what, 1% of the desktop market share. Linux is very popular on android, but I was pretty sure that Android didn't use X. That's like saying you were popular in High School because you had two friends. And apparently, from an article on HN, Ubuntu isn't going to be using it any further.
    • chris_wot 14y ago
      Very popular amongst Linux distributions, obviously not including Android. Sorry, is that the deafening silence of a non-answer to my question?
      • rymith 14y ago
        No, I've been compiling a list. It's a big list, so it's taking me a while.
        • chris_wot 14y ago
          Similar in size to the one I'm compiling about Windows 3.11?
• webreac 14y ago
  I am on a dual screen X terminal, logged on a remote linux server (virtual quad core) and using rdesktop to access my desktop PC because I am not in my office. In front of me, all the worktations (38) are running linux. X windows is definitely the tool I use the most.