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Autore: William Peckham
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To: dng
Oggetto: [DNG] Xorg forked.
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>>> ..deb etc package building info is not ready yet, AFAICT.
>>>
>>> ..both github and Red Hat are owned by Microsoft, sooooo,
>>> I'd like to see some safer hosting, at least as back-ups.

Correction:
No, Red Hat is now owned by IBM, which is arguable almost as bad. Not owned
by Microsoft. And IBM has not trusted Microsoft since they were betrayed
during the OS/2 development project.

About X. I want to see X.ORG spun off by some team that has actual ethics
and standards, and enough oomph to maintain the spin. No one person has
that, and no team has stepped up to help in the last two decades.

Frankly, X.ORG is so seriously complex and unmanageable at this point that
few teams would WANT it! I know I do not.

There are features of Xwindows (remember when that was the software name?)
that I would like to see maintained that are not part of Wayland but ARE
grandfathered into X.ORG. The remoting and networking features to allow
remote clients to use X over network have no direct replacement. But I
have doubts about this being the right way to move forward.

Perhaps we need a new and different option. Perhaps something that
supports the features in a secure way on TOP of X.ORG , Wayland, or
Xlibre. Making it a separate piece avoids complicating the desktop code.
I am open to new ideas.
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William B. Peckham
Senior Network/Systems Administrator