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Date:      Sat, 18 Jun 2005 20:53:19 -0500
From:      Ryan Sommers <ryans@gamersimpact.com>
To:        DANIEL hoggan <danny280279@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Standard GUI for UNIX at the system level
Message-ID:  <42B4D00F.1060907@gamersimpact.com>
In-Reply-To: <BAY104-F627B1977E17D1DCEB0108B5F60@phx.gbl>
References:  <BAY104-F627B1977E17D1DCEB0108B5F60@phx.gbl>

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DANIEL hoggan wrote:
> 
> Is there any reason as to why X cannot be rewrote to be the standard 
> interface to UNIX?  

Look at the KGI (Kernel Graphics Interface) project 
http://kgi-wip.sourceforge.net/ Although they aren't looking to make X 
the standard interface it's something around what you're thinking about.

However, there is a very good reason WHY the standard interface is still 
the console, the fact that most UNIX computers are probably still being 
used for servers rather than workstations. Adding a GUI to a server is a 
pointless consumption of resources in most cases.

-- 
Ryan Sommers
ryans@gamersimpact.com



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