Subj : Re: Old computer
To   : tenser
From : TALIADON
Date : Sat Jul 23 2022 16:30:47

 te> Oh no, it's not.  But neither is the Mac (at least not without
 te> installing an X11 server, like XQuartz).  However, the Android
 te> kernel is Linux, and the user experience and interface are
 te> quite nice.  Similarly with ChromeOS: Linux kernel, with a very
 te> different userspace.  The critical observation here is that
 te> many use-cases are perfectly adequately served by a web browser.

Agreed: neither are strictly X11 out of the box, but I was alluding more to the practicality/functionality of running each platform within their respective X11 environments.

From other comments recently posted on the subject, the Android platform appears to offer a lot more functionality than I gave it credit for.

 te> It's curious how the world keeps reinventing the 3270 and VTAM.

LOL, you've noticed that too? Truth be told, whatever the idea, Big Blue usually has an earlier manifestation logged in the annals of history.

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