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   Frank Slootweg to ldo@nz.invalid   
   Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linu   
   01 Nov 25 16:41:37   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Lawrence D?Oliveiro  wrote:   
   > On Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:23:35 -0400, Paul wrote:   
   >   
   > > The OSes don't really "invent" a lot of stuff.   
   >   
   > Even ignoring what originally came from AT&T/Bell Labs Unix:   
   >   
   > The core concept of a GUI display server that runs in userland and is not   
   > part of the kernel originated with X11 (and its precursors) in the *nix   
   > world.   
      
     'True', but we (HP) had a such a server before X11 (HP Windows/9000)   
   and later I used a (non-HP) X11 server on (Microsoft) Windows, so go   
   figure, who 'copied' what from whom!? :-)   
      
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