Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 15:56:17 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: RFC: add text about freedesktop.org and related topics to FAQ Message-ID: <20040608155617.3896bf8d@localhost.pittgoth.com> In-Reply-To: <20040608190328.GA22305@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <200406051411.04259.linimon@lonesome.com> <20040608143841.4b036aa6@localhost.pittgoth.com> <20040608190328.GA22305@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 12:03:28 -0700 Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 02:38:41PM -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 14:11:04 -0500 > > Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> wrote: > > > > > Index: book.sgml > > > =================================================================== > > > RCS file: /home/FreeBSD/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v > > > retrieving revision 1.620 > > > diff -u -r1.620 book.sgml > > > --- book.sgml 31 May 2004 14:58:51 -0000 1.620 > > > +++ book.sgml 5 Jun 2004 18:50:56 -0000 > > > @@ -7002,6 +7002,83 @@ > > > > > > <qandaset> > > > <qandaentry> > > > + <question id="whatis-X"> > > > + <para>What is the X Window System?</para> > > > + </question> > > > + > > > + <answer> > > > + > > > + <para>The X Window System is the most popular windowing system > > > + capable of running on UNIX or UNIX-like systems, including > > > > > > 'the most popular' kind of rubs me the wrong way. Is there any > > proof that it is the most popular? Polls or otherwise? I know > > that by default Solaris installs CDE which I don't think uses X in > > any way. > > > > NOTE: I have not powered up my Sun in weeks and I may be wrong > > about this. > > Saying 'only' instead of 'most popular' would probably wrong only on > a technicality. 'most popular' is definatly true. CDE is a desktop > environment like KDE or Gnome minus the office suite. It's just > extreamly propriotary and thus dying. :-) I should have said 'is XFree86' but oh well. Thanks for the follow up, and I retract my comment. :) -- Tom Rhodes
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