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Date:      Tue, 8 Jun 2004 12:03:28 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Tom Rhodes <trhodes@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RFC: add text about freedesktop.org and related topics to FAQ
Message-ID:  <20040608190328.GA22305@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
In-Reply-To: <20040608143841.4b036aa6@localhost.pittgoth.com>
References:  <200406051411.04259.linimon@lonesome.com> <20040608143841.4b036aa6@localhost.pittgoth.com>

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On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 02:38:41PM -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 14:11:04 -0500
> Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> wrote:
>=20
> > Index: book.sgml
> > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> > RCS file: /home/FreeBSD/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v
> > retrieving revision 1.620
> > diff -u -r1.620 book.sgml
> > --- book.sgml	31 May 2004 14:58:51 -0000	1.620
> > +++ book.sgml	5 Jun 2004 18:50:56 -0000
> > @@ -7002,6 +7002,83 @@
> > =20
> >      <qandaset>
> >        <qandaentry>
> > +        <question id=3D"whatis-X">
> > +          <para>What is the X Window System?</para>
> > +        </question>
> > +
> > +        <answer>
> > +
> > +          <para>The X Window System is the most popular windowing syst=
em
> > +	    capable of running on UNIX or UNIX-like systems, including
>=20
>=20
> 'the most popular' kind of rubs me the wrong way.  Is there any
> proof that it is the most popular?  Polls or otherwise?  I know
> that by default Solaris installs CDE which I don't think uses X in
> any way.
>=20
> NOTE: I have not powered up my Sun in weeks and I may be wrong
> about this.

Saying 'only' instead of 'most popular' would probably wrong only on
a technicality. 'most popular' is definatly true.  CDE is a desktop
environment like KDE or Gnome minus the office suite.  It's just
extreamly propriotary and thus dying. :-)

-- Brooks

--=20
Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE.
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