alt Hacker NewsNothing recent made me feel quite as old and out of the loop more as the slowness with which I realized that this is about x.com (Twitter), not x.org (the windowing system).
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Whenever I see X used, I wonder if the author will return to replace the variable with the actual name.
I was thinking of X11 as well, but did not feel old - until I read your text. ;)
My first thought was "so they go commandline now?". Because X for me is still "the graphical interface".
My favourite microblogging platform is way.land
You're aging well
Probably more reasonable.
I'm not sure why xorg exists if their sole purpose is to kill x. As per the many posts by their developers.
I remember being dazzled by Xeyes.
I had the exact same experience.
I get really really tired at the back and forth with Wayland and all that, but I would put up with reading rants about windowing systems everyday if it meant I never had to think about this X again.
That too would very likely be seen as deeply political.