On Monday 15 July 2002 8:11 pm, Rafael 'Dido' Sevilla wrote: > If GNUstep's Display PostScript will ever work outside of X, I think > that this might well be the first major milestone for Linux on the > desktop. I think many people will agree that the X Window System is one > of the major things holding back Linux from the desktop, with its > idiosyncrasies and brain damage. I'd love to see it vanish forever.
X is open-source. Yet its development methodology runs like a cathedral, very unlikely open-source. That's why we're all having a hard time. X is holding us back. As Rick Moen like to say, forking is good if the main trunk refuses to move forward. And now we know several branches are sprouting everywhere. Let's keep our fingers crossed. mikol _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
