On 27/11/2017 9:52 AM, Jack J. Woehr wrote:
On 11/26/2017 1:29 PM, Tom Brennan wrote:
Thanks, I think the default is GNOME now that you mention the name.
Oh, I assumed all GUI's were X11. If GNOME is not, that's a plus for
me - X11 applications always seem a hassle to connect (my uneducated
opinion).
They're all *on top of* the X Windowing System originally from MIT,
usually the Xenocara cut these days.
Qt , GTK+ etc can also use Wayland, a popular alternative to X11. For
android and embedded devices there are alternative libraries that call DRI.
GTK+ and Qt are *class libraries* implemented in terms of X.
Gnome and KDE, etc., are Windowing Managers (which are pluggable in X)
and associated Desktop Suites.
Additionally, Gnome and KDE use data buses external to the X Windowing
System to do their magic.
Writing a new substantial GUI application? Program in Java and Swing.
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