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   Phil Carmody to Eli the Bearded   
   Re: tux penguin   
   11 May 15 17:03:43   
   
   From: pc+usenet@asdf.org   
      
   Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> writes:   
   > In alt.anagrams, Lardy Girl   wrote:   
   > > Sorry.  By way of apology, a better 'gram I noticed during that   
   > > process:   
   > >   I peg nun:   
   > >   'Penguin!'   
   >   
   > That's an amusing find.   
   >   
   > I wrote:   
   > >> likes X, actually   
   > > Understandable, since it's the _second_ worst windowing system...   
   >   
   > The confusion for most people is X11 is just a windowing system, but   
   > the WM (the window manager UI) is a user-selectable add-on. But I know   
   > of more than X11/OSX/ Windows windowing systems.   
      
   The X window system =   
   Xnest showed my wit   
   Note - why DWM exists? (actually my WM of choice)   
   DMW Six - the toy's new (I prefer 5.8 to be honest)   
   Do new sexy shit? TWM!   
      
   > > It works well enough, at least for the stuff that matters:   
   > >   'The X window system' =   
   > >   I'd show my news text.   
   >   
   > Like NEWS was a Postscript derived system used on NeXT computers.   
      
   I think she was just referring to being able to view her   
   (xterm running) news.   
      
   >     'The X window system' =   
   >      Hosted sexy twin WM   
      
   I like the fact that we're all nerdy enough to get the name   
   pedantically correct!   
      
   --   
   A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state,   
   the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall be well regulated.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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