On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:54:03 +0100 Frederik Caulier <aed...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello dev@ > > Some of you might be interested in alternatives to the X Window > System, so I thought I'd just share [0] with you. > Although Y-Windows being currently unmaintained it might still be > worth a look. > > [0] http://www.y-windows.org/ > > Best regards, > F. Caulier > hmmmm... not entirely suckless http://www.y-windows.org/faq.html What features does Y have that X11 doesn't? The major features include: * Server-side widgets * Unicode support * True 32bit alpha-blending (allowing semi-transparent windows, drop shadows, etc.) * Hot-pluggable module system for video, input and ipc drivers (change video drivers on-the-fly, ...) there are also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland_%28display_server%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroXwin which may or may not be[come] less sucky then Xorg resp X11 Dieter
