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The History of X11 (youtu.be)

submitted 8 months ago by Lichtblitz@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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With Wayland becoming more and more popular, it's interesting to look at the around 40 year history of X.

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[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I hate the number of people teaching useful things using videos instead of writing articles.

[–] fl42v@lemmy.ml 9 points 8 months ago

I'd disagree regarding such vids: these are more of a time fillers (how exactly is it useful to know the history of x11?). Hence, it's more convenient to listen to them as a podcast (e.g. via newpipe or mpv).