Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 May 2006 14:39:37 +0200 (CEST) | From | linux cbon <> | Subject | Re: replacing X Window System ! |
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--- Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu a écrit : > On Wed, 17 May 2006 13:47:22 +0200, linux cbon said: > > If it isn't backward compatible, people won't use > it. X may suck, > but it doesn't suck hard enough that people will > abandon all their > currently mostly-working software.
If we have a new window system, shall all applications be rewritten ?
> Actually, you've proved the opposite. Consider if > the kernel had *already* > included some universal window system (we'll call it > W). At that point, you > can't easily write an X, Y, or Z if you don't like > W. If anything, the > *current* W (which happens to be called X11) is > *too* friendly with the kernel > already - witness all the headaches dealing with DRM > and 'enable' attributes > and other hoops things have to jump through. > > If anything, there should be even *less* kernel > support for graphics. > That way, writing a Y or Z (or improving X) is > easier to do without > destabilizing the kernel.
My idea is that the kernel should include universal graphical support. And then we would NOT need ANY window system AT ALL. We wouldnt have 2 os (kernel and X) at the same time like now. It would be faster, simpler, easier to manage etc.
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