[Novalug] Rant: X'doze.

Mark Smith mark@winksmith.com
Thu Jun 9 18:01:18 EDT 2011


On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 12:41:54PM -0400, Alan Grimes wrote:
> Rebooting my computer in the past two years has become more than a bit
> of an adventure.

i gave up on linux for window interface for a while because of X.
keep in mind, i'm and old hand at this.  think back on how X11 used
to be.  it was such a PITA getting the windowing server i wanted.

i then started to use apple macosx.  it's basically unix finely tuned
to it's hardware.  it just worked.  but, of course, i still didn't have
much a choice with my windowing system.

nowadays, i'm back in the fold using ubuntu.  it also just works.
i don't think i've experienced any X problems since then.  i also just
gave in and started using gnome as the ubuntu gnod intended me to.

luckily, i even managed to get the natty narwhal (11.04) to use gnome.
i did try unity for a while, but my threshold for pain was too low.
but that's another story.

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Mark Smith
mark@winksmith.com
mark@tux.org



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