Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, October 20, 2004 at 7:00 pm

[Jerry Feldman]

When: October 20, 2004 7:00PM (6:30 for Q&A)
Topic: The State of X11
Moderator: Jim Gettys
Location:  MIT Building E51 Room 145. 
Jim discusses the historical and ongoing development of the X Window
System. 
    The X Window System, Version 11, is the standard window system on
Linux and UNIX systems. X11, designed in 1987, was state of the art at
that time. From its inception, X has been a network transparent window
system in which X client applications can run on any machine in a
network using an X server running on any display. While there have been
some significant extensions to X over its history (e.g. OpenGL support),
X's design lay fallow over much of the 1990's. With the increasing
interest in open source systems, it was no longer sufficient for modern
applications and a significant overhaul is now well underway. 

    He will discuss X technology development, and if needed, current X
events and politics. 


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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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