Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:49:20 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: "Heiko Wundram (Beenic)" <wundram@beenic.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X + WM != GUI? (Re: Convince me, please! - too much about "GUI") Message-ID: <20070810114813.K77848@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <200708101138.43372.wundram@beenic.net> References: <46BA9682.7020203@ix.netcom.com> <20070809185814.D71656@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <46bc2882.TI%2BZ9rtlEFmBGJQV%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <200708101138.43372.wundram@beenic.net>
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>> I am not following this. If (X.org + some WM) is not a GUI, >> how would you define > > He probably equates a desktop environment (such as KDE/Gnome/etc.) to a GUI. most people exactly equates that and i stated i that such defined GUI is completely useless and actually takes over time and resources. but you are right - of course > Which is wrong, of course: GUI is just any form of "graphical user > interface", which X fits nicely. X+wm. X alone doesn't provide any GUI.
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