On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 12:21:47PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 11:53:51AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
> >
> > <rant>
> > It didn't have to be this way. In 2020, better alternatives could have
> > been made. If I were the project manager, the first thing I'd do is
> > uncouple keyboard, mouse and video from each other. Why X has anything
> > to do with keyboard or mouse is beyond me.
>
> Perhaps because X was originally a means of having a graphical user interface
> to multiple machines over a network. Which usualy involves a screen, keyboard,
> and mouse.
>
> Each X window could be talking to a different computer. It mattered which
> computer your keystrokes went to.

And I normally run with several windows on one screen, connected via X to
differenf computers.

-- hendrik