[RndTbl] X11 - LOL

[Adam Thompson]

> Ah, you young whipper-snappers don't know how good you had it with
> xorg.conf.  I remember hand-editing ModeLines in XFree86.conf...
> And that was an improvement over the old days, where you had to
> edit the Xserver source code!...

I never had to edit the source, but I do clearly remember ModeLines.  I 
also remember the devout wishes that this next test please not not not fry 
my monitor...

> I vaguely remember hearing/reading a quote from the late Steve
> Jobs, way back when NeXT was a new company, where he referred to
> the X Window system as "incredibly ornate and baroque". I think he
> gave it way too much credit.  ;P

Ah, then you'll enjoy the UNIX Haters Handbook (freely available since 
2003 at http://www.simson.net/ref/ugh.pdf).

I agree that not all of X is a... complete success.  Having used Display 
Postscript on two different systems, I'm not sure it was any better than 
X.  Ironically, SunWindows 3 was probably better than either from a design 
standpoint.  Just please don't make me remember DECWindows.

-Adam