Re: replacing X Window System !

From: Panagiotis Issaris
Date: Wed May 17 2006 - 10:10:03 EST


Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:

On Wed, 17 May 2006 14:39:37 +0200, linux cbon said:



If we have a new window system, shall all applications
be rewritten ?



No. /bin/cat and /bin/ls will survive unscathed. However, if you
have a graphical application, it will need reworking. That's a LOT
of code.


Wouldn't porting GTK+ and Qt be enough for the majority
of the graphical applications?

With friendly regards,
Takis

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