i feel likt there's likely more programmers who weren't aware of a 20yo (unfortunately) failed project, compared to the amount of programmers who would be aware of this project, if it succeeded
> i feel likt there's likely more programmers who weren't aware of a 20yo (unfortunately) failed project
At that time, what should replace X11 was a heavily discussed topic, so people who were already interested in programming under GNU/Linux at this time typically remember intense discussions on the internet about the pro-s and con-s of lots of proposals to replace X11.
At that time, what should replace X11 was a heavily discussed topic, so people who were already interested in programming under GNU/Linux at this time typically remember intense discussions on the internet about the pro-s and con-s of lots of proposals to replace X11.
Proposals that I have in mind are:
- Y Window System
- Fresco: https://web.archive.org/web/20100729184325/http://fresco.org...
- Xynth: https://github.com/alperakcan/xynth
- Xfast: https://sourceforge.net/projects/xfast/ (here a German article about Xfast from 2008: https://www.linux-magazin.de/ausgaben/2008/11/ohne-x-tras/ )
- Mir (Ubuntu) as the main competitor to Wayland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_(software)
- Wayland
- ... and very likely many, many more proposals.
See also https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Windowing_system&...