On Tue Feb 23 12:59 , der Mouse  sent:
>> Not real sure that X would do a lot of good on a 4801 box....
>
>I don't see why not.  It was useful on Sun-3s, which were significantly
>wimpier.
>
>Perhaps you're confusing X with insanely bloated "modern" "desktop
>environment"s built atop X, like KDE and Gnome?  (X is not a window
>system; it's a framework for building window systems.  It's possible to
>build fairly lightweight window systems in X.)

I don't think the X _server_ software would be of much use on a Seokris box, not
because of horsepower, but because of lack of KVM.  No reason you couldn't run X
client software (e.g. xterm) though.  Although it seems like HTTP[S] based
interfaces are much more common these days.

-Jed


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