freedesktop.org xlibs 1.0 Released

Daniel Stone writes "A short time ago, freedesktop.org xlibs 1.0 was released. Simply put, this is the collection of libX11, libXext, and other little-used libraries that kind of power your whole desktop. The xlibs team at fd.o are now maintaining all these libraries, and more, and we're going to be making releases as part of the fd.o platform, which is far more wide-ranging, but it still forms an important part of the platform. Share and enjoy!"

How do I shot web?

[Anonymous Coward]

I want 2 b spoder man:(

Communism:

[Anonymous Coward]

It's fun! Please try it.

Who uses Xlib

[j_sp_r]

Who uses Xlib nowdays? I'm not sure GTK/QT depends on Xlib. Correct me if I'm wrong. O'course many of us will like a faster version of X, because X is slow sometimes, and crashes to often at my site (twice a week)

MODS: EXPLAIN

[Anonymous Coward]

Why is this a "troll"? Offtopic, perhaps marginally - but a troll? Please, don't be silly.

Re:Who uses Xlib

[bad_sheep]

Don't forget to remove the line containing "killall X" in your crontab !

Re:Not that X is slow ...

[AllUsernamesAreGone]

What's the DBUS ?

It's dthing you get on to go to work in when you don't want to get dcar out of dgarage mon.

Or, put another way, I don't have a fscking clue so, in the greatest tradition of /., I said something silly instead.

Re:Little used ?

[Simon Kongshoj]

Blargh.
#include <irony.h>
Sorry 'bout that.

Re:Not that X is slow ...

[jackbird]

...so you could say that, um, DBUS ran over DCOP? Tragic.

Re:MODS: EXPLAIN

[Anonymous Coward]

Does it really matter? It was always going to get downmodded anyway.

You think it was only marginally offtopic? I think troll is the best fit for this utterly meritless posting, lacking a 'crap' option as we do.

I wasn't the moderator though.

weird naming

[abe ferlman]

Nothing happens when I issue the following command

mount /dev/fd.o /mnt/floppy

Am I using this wrong?

Re:MODS: EXPLAIN

[Beek]

Meritless? It was a lot more amusing than the robotic cliches that modded up to +5.

"DRM infringes on my freedom." +5 BORING!!!!!

Re:What is X-Windows?

[afree87]

It's a stupid graphical system that inverts the meaning of client and server. It needs a client (or is it server?) like XFree86 to run on your computer and display an ugly, useless black-and-white screen. It needs software like xterm to do anything with. It needs a window manager like TWM, FVWM or Metacity to actually move around windows. It needs a windowing system like KDE or GNOME to be presentable.

What it does by itself is anyone's guess. Probably low-level graphics calls.