Danjou: Thoughts and rambling on the X protocol
Danjou: Thoughts and rambling on the X protocol
Posted Jun 3, 2010 6:40 UTC (Thu) by intgr (subscriber, #39733)In reply to: Danjou: Thoughts and rambling on the X protocol by jmorris42
Parent article: Danjou: Thoughts and rambling on the X protocol
> Hint: if the primary interface is a library instead of a device you are
> probably doing it wrong.
That also includes X11.
> 3. Small is beautiful. Lots of small programs are better than one big one.
Again, you are proving the point. X11 is a bloated mess with lots of redundant functionality that nobody uses or needs anymore.
Posted Jun 6, 2010 20:45 UTC (Sun)
by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
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>Again, you are proving the point. X11 is a bloated mess with lots of redundant functionality that nobody uses or needs anymore.
That WAS true of XFree, which was project-managed by a bunch of Windows fans. It's not true of Xorg except insofar of the legacy code they haven't yet managed to rewrite out of the system.
It's a sad fact that X stagnated for years, precisely because the people in charge thought MS-Windows was a better solution. Fortunately the project threw the main developer out, because he didn't agree with them, so now we have the Xorg fork and X is motoring along nicely again.
Cheers,
Danjou: Thoughts and rambling on the X protocol
Wol