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Re:Inside the Windows Console by msla on Friday July 20, 2018 @03:08PM (#17577931)
> X Windows

... doesn't exist, of course.

Re:Inside the Windows Console by pjmlp on Friday July 20, 2018 @04:42PM (#17578736)
Funny guy, everyone understood that I meant The X Window System™.
Re:Inside the Windows Console by msla on Friday July 20, 2018 @05:43PM (#17579218)
Well, it goes to demonstrating expertise, doesn't it?

Hard to know something if you don't know what it's called, innit?

Re:Inside the Windows Console by oblio on Saturday July 21, 2018 @02:28PM (#17583123)
That’s ridiculous. The full name is super cumbersome and not really intuitive. Most people just call it X...
Re:Inside the Windows Console by msla on Monday July 23, 2018 @11:44AM (#17593512)
> The full name is super cumbersome and not really intuitive.

... how is X more cumbersome than "X Windows"?

> Most people just call it X

Right. Because that's its name.

Re:Inside the Windows Console by pjmlp on Friday July 20, 2018 @06:05PM (#17579368)
If it makes you feel better, by all means.
Re:Inside the Windows Console by msla on Monday July 23, 2018 @11:47AM (#17593538)
We can do better than ignorant condescension here.