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Re: [OT] Gnome configuration (was: Re: Congrats! [gnome font rendering])



Hi,

On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 04:58:25PM +0100, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote:

> On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 23:54, Emile van Bergen wrote:
> [... long rant ...]
> 
> I haven't looked at it, but the Fresco (formerly Berlin, formerly
> Fresco, or InterViews?) toolkit looks quite good from the bit I heard:
> throw out all the old history and start from zero, with the experience
> of X and those systems in mind.

We don't need to throw out X, although a graphics terminal could also be
implemented using drivers that work on the bare metal. It's more
intended as a higher OSI-layer, so to speak, which could be implemented
on top of X, X + an existing widget set, MacOS X, or even Windows.

Cheers,


Emile.

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