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A developer asked a question implying that he held a belief directly conflicting with a major design feature of the relevant software.

I asked how he managed to not be aware of that design feature so long, in spite of an architecture page and diagrams clearly indicating it.

He replied:

sorry i did not believe it was real :D

( Actual conversation )

X has been the standard graphical interface for unix type operating systems since the 80s.

There have been many attempts at replacing it, because priorities have changed significantly. X was designed largely for network transparency (running a program on one computer while displaying it on another over a network). That has gotten in the way.

The replacement is Wayland.

Announcement from the SABDFL.