Gnome vs. X? (was [oclug] can someone explain this?)

[David F. Skoll]

On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Michael P. Soulier wrote:

>     To my knowledge, the Gnome project is attempting to draw straight to the
> framebuffer, bypassing X entirely. They're also aiming for cross-platform, so
> you could have the Gnome environment on any box with any OS.

There is a port of gdk to the frame buffer, but it is intended for
embedded systems.  I don't think any mainstream GNOME developers are
seriously considering bypassing X.  X has proven to be an amazingly
useful, robust, flexible system, and I don't think it should be
dismissed lightly.

--
David.