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[xougen] Dumb question of the month
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David Ross |
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[xougen] Dumb question of the month |
Date: |
Tue, 9 Sep 2003 20:02:55 -0700 |
Hey all,
What does "grok" mean?
Thanks,
David
> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden
> [mailto:address@hidden
> On Behalf Of Jonathan Walther
> Sent: 2003 September 7 1:51 PM
> To: General discussion about the Xouvert X server
> Subject: Re: [xougen] Adding cruft to X
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 09:04:53AM -0500, Steve Nickolas wrote:
> >Adding these things to X goes entirely against the spirit of X. If
> >something is to be done that "embraces and extends" in such
> a way, I am
> >not for it.
>
> I suggest, then, that you haven't fully grokked the spirit of
> X. Sound support is not against the spirit of X. A widget
> service is against it. Disply PDF and Display Postscript are
> in a gray area.
>
> >And, notice I said "graphics-rendering". Sound is not its concern.
> >Yes, it would help to have a standard sound system, but it
> has nothing
> >to do with X.
>
> You should have been on the list earlier. If the X server is
> only to do graphics rendering, why don't we remove keyboard
> and mouse support as well, and have separate, specialized
> servers to handle them?
>
> The X server is the kernel of a desktop distribution. Should
> we remove the sound drivers from the Linux kernel because
> it's job is only to support frame-buffers? The Linux kernel
> does many things, but it does the minimum amount necessary to
> allow other applications to do what they need to do. That is
> the same spirit behind the X server and protocol. X is the
> kernel for a desktop, not a gussied up network version of
> Microsofts DirectX library.
>
> Jonathan
>
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