X, the windowing system for Unix (and other OSs), based on when you count it from is 40 years old, and its still in use. As Wayland looks ready to take over...

With Wayland becoming more and more popular, it’s interesting to look at the around 40 year history of X.

  • Thorned_Rose
    3•5 months ago

    Once upon a time, I totally would have agreed with you. But I have increasingly severe Memory and Cognitive Impairment that now makes comprehending text based instructive really difficult. I can however pick up demonstrated instructions very easily which means I’m now mostly reliant on these sorts of videos.
    So while it may be annoying or not useful to you, it’s essential to folks like me.

    • @[email protected]
      2•5 months ago

      Did you not read the first sentence I wrote?

      There is a place for all kinds of media for people to digest. My problem is with there not being text versions of most things anymore especially for those of us who aren’t actually looking to learn something new, we just want to know how many and locations of screws to take a laptop apart so we can fix it. Or which settings screen on a routers firmware does a specific thing. These days I have to watch someone go through the entire tear down or all of the settings and watch carefully for what I’m looking for.

      For the record I went to a Montessori school and my mother taught it for decades. I am aware and open to various ways to learn new things.