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

[Michael P. Soulier]

On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 11:34:37AM -0400, Dave O'Neill wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Tom Goulet wrote:
> 
> X really isn't as bad as most people think.  Remember, X was designed for
> hardware that's nearly antique by today's standards.  The blame for bloat
> is more appropriately assigned to the widget sets and "desktop
> environments" that abuse the underlying X protocol.

    What, Gnome and KDE aren't light?? :)

    Sorry, it's early. 

    Mikey

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Michael P. Soulier <msoulier at storm.ca> 
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