On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 12:21:47PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 11:53:51AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > <rant> > > It didn't have to be this way. In 2020, better alternatives could have > > been made. If I were the project manager, the first thing I'd do is > > uncouple keyboard, mouse and video from each other. Why X has anything > > to do with keyboard or mouse is beyond me. > > Perhaps because X was originally a means of having a graphical user interface > to multiple machines over a network. Which usualy involves a screen, > keyboard, > and mouse. > > Each X window could be talking to a different computer. It mattered which > computer your keystrokes went to.
And I normally run with several windows on one screen, connected via X to differenf computers. -- hendrik _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
