Messages in this thread |  | | From | Bernd Eckenfels <> | Subject | Re: Linux doing "cooperative multitasking"? | Date | 28 Nov 1996 01:21:21 GMT |
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Tyson D Sawyer <tyson@rwii.com> wrote: > Linux is doing preemtive multitasking but X is doing cooperative. > X is responsible for sending key strokes to the processess and > updating the display. It is possible for a single process to > "grab" X and not give it up until it feels like it.
Actually it depends on the Server. AFAIK There are some multi-threaded Servers on the market. Commercial but Accelerated, of course.
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