Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 15th Aug 2009 17:55 UTC
Over the past couple of months, and especially over the past couple of weeks, I've been working very hard to write and complete my thesis. I performed all the work on Windows 7, but now that the thesis is finally done, submitted, and accepted, I installed Ubuntu - and immediately I was reminded of why I do not do any serious work on Linux: the train wreck that is X.org.
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RE[2]: More anti-X bullcrap from the peanut gallery
by siride on Sat 15th Aug 2009 18:59
in reply to "RE: More anti-X bullcrap from the peanut gallery"
Member since:2006-01-02
Yes, I am aware of the fact that almost no apps take advantage of the ability to reconnect or use session management to save state. That doesn't change the fact that the fault lies with the toolkits and the apps for not being fault tolerant, and not with the X server for occasionally crashing (which is true of any piece of software).
RE[3]: More anti-X bullcrap from the peanut gallery
by izomiac on Sat 15th Aug 2009 22:02
in reply to "RE[2]: More anti-X bullcrap from the peanut gallery"
Member since:2006-07-26
I think it's a lot easier to say X server is at fault for requiring application developers to do something that's obviously cumbersome, than to say everyone else is at fault. E.g. it's more rational IMHO to say that one program sucks, than to say that (essentially) every other program written for Linux sucks.
Member since:
2005-07-06
That point does not really matter when you are taken back to the login screen and the applications are not running any more.
I use Ubuntu 9.04 as my main OS and only occasionally have issues. But this "technically working" crap is a bit delusional.