Some might not see how much work it was to maintain xorg server

Re:Some might not see how much work it was to maintain xorg ... by zelon88 on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @04:30PM (#38451573)

Whenever I think of X or Wayland it always makes me think of what the Windows code must be like. What secret monolithic struggles have the Windows devs secretly been fighting with for the past 30 years that nobody will ever appreciate?

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Re:Some might not see how much work it was to maintain xorg ... by estebank on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @05:01PM (#38451958)

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/

Enjoy

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Re:Some might not see how much work it was to maintain xorg ... by agumonkey on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @05:11PM (#38452098)

I think it was raymond chen's blog that made it clear a lot of work was done by MS trying to survive the market with competition, legacy, partnership constraints .. a lot that was never mentioned because it wasn't a business argument and was just expected to be done behind curtains.

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Re:Some might not see how much work it was to maintain xorg ... by idonotknowwhy on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @04:56PM (#38451879)

You can get some insights from the guy who made the task manager via his youtube channel

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Re:Some might not see how much work it was to maintain xorg ... by xref on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @11:52PM (#38455716)

lol I guess it’s left as an exercise for the reader to test their Google Fu?

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