On 12/03/12 20:56, Theo de Raadt wrote: >> PS. According to Wikipedia UNIX is a multitasking, _multiuser_ >> computer operating system, so it turns out that the loss of ability >> to run multiple startx/xinit sessions is equivalent to the loss >> of the essential UNIX feature- _multiuser_ support:( > > You have this very wrong. > > The problem is that step-by-step over the last 20 years, X itself > became less and less of a multiuser environment. > > This happened when direct hardware device handling was added to X, a > userland program, to support the retarded PC platform. > > Safety issues were ignored. Multiuser was ignored, too.
You are as always accurate, Theo. I apologize... but it is very hard to imagine a modern UNIX without X. PS. X Windows System... X Window_s_ System?.. :( -- Alexei Malinin
