First, a little history. The X window system escaped from Project
Athena at MIT where it was being held in isolation. When notified, MIT
stated publicly that "MIT assumes no responsibility...". This is a very
disturbing statement. It then infiltrated Digital Equipment
Corporation, where it has since corrupted the technical judgement of
this organization.
After sabotaging Digital Equipment Corporation, a sinister X consortium
was created to find a way to use X as part of a plan to dominate and
control interactive window systems. X windows is sometimes distributed
by this secret consortium free of charge to unsuspecting victims. The
destructive cost of X cannot even be guessed.
X is truly obese - whether it's mutilating your hard disk or actively
infesting your system, you can be sure it's up to no good. Innocent
users need to be protected from this dangerous virus. Even as you read
this, the X source distribution and the executable environment is being
maintained on hundreds of computers, maybe even your own.
Digital Equipment Corporation is already shipping machines that carry
this dreaded infestation. It must be destroyed.
This is what happens when software with good intentions goes bad. It
victimizes innocent users by distorting their perception of what is and
what is not good software. This malignant window system must be
destroyed.
Ultimately DEC and MIT must be held accountable for this heinous
*software crime*, brought to justice, and made to pay for a *software
cleanup*. Until DEC and MIT answer to these charges, they both should
be assumed to be protecting dangerous software criminals.
Don't be fooled! Just say no to X.
X windows. A mistake carried out to perfection.
X windows. Dissatisfaction guaranteed.
X windows. Don't get frustrated without it.
X windows. Even your dog won't like it.
X windows. Flaky and built to stay that way.
X windows. Complex nonsolutions to simple nonproblems.
X windows. Flawed beyond belief.
X windows. Form follows malfunction.
X windows. Garbage at your fingertips.
X windows. Ignorance is our most important resource.
X windows. It could be worse, but it'll take time.
X windows. It could happen to you.
X windows. Japan's secret weapon.
X windows. Let it get in *your* way.
X windows. Live the nightmare.
X windows. More than enough rope.
X windows. Never had it, never will.
X windows. No hardware is safe.
X windows. Power tools for power fools.
X windows. Power tools for power losers.
X windows. Putting new limits on productivity.
X windows. Simplicity made complex.
X windows. The cutting edge of obsolescence.
X windows. The art of incompetence.
X windows. The defacto substandard.
X windows. The first fully modular software disaster.
X windows. The joke that kills.
X windows. The problem for your problem.
X windows. There's got to be a better way.
X windows. Warn your friends about it.
X windows. You'd better sit down.
X windows. You'll envy the dead.
But seriously, isn't it about time to go Wayland?
You think wayland is any better? Its just a protocol!
A compositor still has to be created, and only large projects like gnome and kde have so far created them...take it from there.
Linux is a SHIT graphical environment.
Seriously, look at this graph of abstractions.
You think this is going to be performant?!
Even windows is less of a mess than this, and that's not anything to be proud about.
Bare-metal or close-to-metal is so far away in linux you'll never get a performant graphics system.
>>54962981
that is NOT ENOUGH mess.
the unix philosophy says an application only has to do one thing, and do it well. So IMO there should be way more programs/libraries and way more pipes on that graph
Windows graphics stack for comparison
A talk on this subject:
http://gdcvault.com/play/1020791/
>>54962860
I love these.
I think my favorite is:
>X windows. Garbage at your fingertips.
>>54963428
My particular favorite is:
>X windows. The defacto substandard.
>>54963451
I also like:
>Flaky and built to stay that way.
>Form follows malfunction.
>The cutting edge of obsolescence.
>The first fully modular software disaster.
>>54962910
Sway isn't large and is a compositor.
Orbment isn't large and is a compositor.
>>54962981
>Even windows is less of a mess than this, and that's not anything to be proud about.
[citation needed]
