The X-Windows Disaster (1994)

Re:The X-Windows Disaster (1994) by reificator on Thursday March 05, 2020 @08:24PM (#22500256)

> The Linux Operating System is an operating system and the X Window System is a window system.

You're being pedantic online about software naming and the example you choose is the Linux "operating system"?

Good luck.

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Re:The X-Windows Disaster (1994) by ptx on Saturday March 07, 2020 @07:39AM (#22511275)

Feel free to substitute FreeBSD for Linux and reparse the comment. The definition of OS is a different vein of pedantry.

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Re:The X-Windows Disaster (1994) by perl4ever on Friday March 06, 2020 @06:39AM (#22502811)

So you're saying it's really the "X window system"?

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Re:The X-Windows Disaster (1994) by reificator on Friday March 06, 2020 @01:51PM (#22506162)

X is a window system, but capitalizing the wrong letters will cause a bit of an argument.

Linux is not an operating system, and it doesn't matter how you capitalize it.

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Re:The X-Windows Disaster (1994) by perl4ever on Friday March 06, 2020 @08:17PM (#22509003)

A "Linux distribution" is not a distribution of a kernel.

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