heartbreaker@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 2 days agoHow?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1227arrow-down145file-text
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minus-squarertxn@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·edit-22 days agoX11 was released in 1987. The original X Window System was released in 1984. That is not just a few years of difference. If you meant the X.org implementation, then compare it to compositors, not to the protocol.
minus-squareUnityDevice@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoAnd xorg is older than it appears, as it was forked from the much older XFree86 over licensing disagreements. XFree86 started in 1991 according to Wikipedia.
X11 was released in 1987. The original X Window System was released in 1984. That is not just a few years of difference.
If you meant the X.org implementation, then compare it to compositors, not to the protocol.
And xorg is older than it appears, as it was forked from the much older XFree86 over licensing disagreements. XFree86 started in 1991 according to Wikipedia.