On Sep 12, 2005, at 4:36 PM, John Demme wrote:
Notice that there are no topics scheduled for the last two.
Your web page also lists October 27, which makes it last three.
After going to the ice cream meeting, I had this idea to present X
Window System. After using it a lot, I can tell what many of the
different parts of X do. Mostly I would list the different parts of
X, like core fonts versus Xft, xmodmap versus xkb, DRM, DRI, fbdev,
Xaw and the other toolkits, window managers and desktop environments,
xrdb, and maybe why xterm confuses ^H and ^? so much, even the
disadvantages to forwarding X over ssh. Also I would review why some
people dislike X. (I do not know how to program X libraries.)
I do not know whether I would make PDF slides and present them, or if
I would use a computer running X to present (possibly not mine,
because I am stuck at 256 colors until I get Xorg 6.9). Also I might
need to pick a free license for my presentation.
- George Koehler
