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From: cfs@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu (Charles Stephens)
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Subject: Re: Trying to research UNIX OS
Date: 08 Apr 1996 11:42:43 -0400
Organization: Emory University, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
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>>>>> "RK" == Rick Kelly <rmk@rmkhome.com> writes:
RK> Evan Leibovitch (evan@telly.telly.org) wrote: : In article
RK> <3165E743.2F3A@cet.co.jp>, Li Zhengchun <lilyli@cet.co.jp> wrote:
RK> : >Xinside has licensed Solaris CDE and will be providing it on
RK> numerous : >platforms including UnixWare, BSDI, and Linux. I
RK> think we will soon see : >a *fast*, less memory intensive
RK> implementation of CDE soon.
RK> : X Inside does very-well-optimized X servers, but I'm not sure
RK> that they : have any key to speeding up CDE that folks like
RK> Triteal haven't done.
RK> : Note that Red Hat Software is also working on a CDE for Linux,
RK> I believe : in co-operation with Triteal.
RK> And you do have to consider that Sun provides CDE "as is", as
RK> they are still gambling on Openwin. I found CDE to be very flaky
RK> on a Ultra Sparc 3D running Solaris 2.5.
I think Sun is dedicated to CDE. They just don't want to freak out
users like they did with Solaris! :)
I suspect that before the 21st century, CDE will be standard (for
better or worse).
Of course, I like the NEO desktop better (old NeXT fan).
cfs
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