Looking back at #X11 and #NeWS at the old #Sun Microsystems:

“X Window System At 40” [2024], David Rosenthal (https://blog.dshr.org/2024/07/x-window-system-at-40.html).

#ComputerHistory #MIT #CMU #PostScript #XWindows #Graphics

TearFree option backported to modesetting(4) driver https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250610065042 #openbsd #xenocara #modesetting #tearfree #xorg #xwindows #graphics #freesofware #libresoftware

More than you ever wanted to know about X on Windows.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=XHGKKdyU2bE

#retrocomputing #retropc #xwindows #unix #linux #retrosoftware #computerhistory

In which ‘dudemanguy’ is much less grumpy about #Wayland:

“Reassessing Wayland” (https://dudemanguy.github.io/blog/posts/2025-02-03-wayland-xorg-2/wayland-xorg-2.html).

Via Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/iwiwye/reassessing_wayland

On HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43034440

#Linux #XOrg #X #XWindows #Graphics #Desktop

https://bytemaniac62.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-evolution-of-wayland-redefining.html #UNIX #LINUX #computer #COMPUTERHISTORY #BSD #XWINDOWS

@movq That sans serif rendering in Firefox looks a lot like what I get when I use bitmap fonts under X11 (crisp, clear, quite readable), in this case specifically Adobe Helvetica (so I'm guessing it's Arial there?).

#X11 #XWindows

@RL_Dane

To everyone their liking of Gnome, for me this system started to become unusable when they started to **remove** configurable features which is more than a decade and a half ago

So I haven't seen #Gnome for more than a decade and a half and I do not miss it at all

However their work is vital and crucial because the diversity is important for our desktop managers there obviously are a lot of people who still like the way it works

#Desktop #managers #Linux #KDE #programming #XWindows

I now have to look for a current #fvwm #window #manager for my debian-based distribution.

The look of these #classic #widgets just triggered something really nice in the #nostalgic #realm

It was also nice to see the #sources of fvwm compile on that small computer witñch my friend had back then

#WindowManager #Linux #freeBSD #POSIX #openBSD #XWindows #programming

https://www.fvwm.org/

Libva's VA-API (Video Acceleration API) imported into xenocara https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240721165445 #openbsd #xenocara #libva #vaapi #graphics #xwindows

Came back to my office, my little #Linux Mint Laptop had secured the desktop after the screensaver fired off. So I’m looking at the login screen on #XWindows and I see the clock there, and an album cover from #Spotify. Hah! That's fucking slick AF. Spotify knows enough to hand Album Covers to loginwindow! These are the kinds of polish and refinement that impress. Bravo! It's little things, that you even tried… #infotech #today

I’m not a fan of #XWindows, but it has served #Unix well for 40(!) years:

“Window System X” [1984], Robert W. Scheifler (https://www.talisman.org/x-debut.shtml).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40731922

#X #Desktop #ProjectAthena #MIT #ComputerHistory #Graphics #ComputerGraphics #Announcement

X Windows … those were the days! https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/the-x-window-system-is-40-archaic-as-heck-and-still-relevant/ #windows #xwindows #retrocomputing

Happy Birthday X-Windows!
https://www.talisman.org/x-debut.shtml

#xwindows #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #history

🦴 progman: X11 WM modeled after Program Manager from the Windows 3 era

https://github.com/jcs/progman

#linux #windows #xwindows #desktop #software #computing #retrocomputing

Enjoyed this nice video about the history of #xwindows #x11 #xorg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-N-fgKWYGU

Or how #opensource took over the graphics stack on #unix and alike systems ( #linux, #bsd, ... )

Can someone help me understand what's wrong with X that #wayland was necessary? Or in what ways does wayland improve on X? Are there noticeable differences from the user's perspective?

#xwindows #xorg

That feeling when you find a blog with a post whose primary category is literally @alanc:

https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2023/10/05/x11-security-updates-for-debian-12/

#xWindows #unix

“So Let’s Talk About This Wayland Thing”, Nate Graham (https://pointieststick.com/2023/09/17/so-lets-talk-about-this-wayland-thing/).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37551264

On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/sguibs/so_let_s_talk_about_this_wayland_thing

#X #Wayland #X11 #Xorg #KDE #Fedora #Plasma #Linux #Graphics #Compositor #Desktop #XWindows

This probably betrays the old school nature through which I see technology at this point but every time I see the "X" app's notification icon my brain thinks of X Windows. 🤷‍♀️ #oldschool #unix #xwindows #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing