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Jay🚩 to Linux@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago

40 years later, X Window System is far more relevant than anyone could guess

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40 years later, X Window System is far more relevant than anyone could guess

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Jay🚩 to Linux@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago
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One astrophysics professor's memories of writing X11 code in the 1980s.
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    I think you mean Xorg instead of X11.

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      Yes, you are right. I always get tripped up with this one. Xorg is the implementation of the X11 protocol.

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