Its based on a clear set of highly modular internal interfaces on the X
server.
> There is also one situation that is not discussed a lot, which is
> that almost all people hate X windows, it does not offer what they
> really want.
No - there are lots of people who don't like athena widgets, or styles
of X desktop app. X has nothing to do with this.
> So if you want make Linux popular among other people than Unix hackers
> you will need something else than X.
No.
> - graphics interface which is so low level that it gives the programmer
> complete freedom (for example implement even X above it)
X allows you to draw arbitary pixels. What more did you want
> - is simple to learn
> - is stable
> - takes little memory.
> - offers complete control for graphics hardware.
> - Is fast
Nobody has ever achieved these completely contradictory statements. It can't
be simple and small and offer full control of every card.
Alan
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