Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
X, the windowing system for Unix (and other OSs), based on when you count it from is 40 years old, and its still in use. As Wayland looks ready to take over, its time to look back at how we got X11, what we have done with it, and where it is going.
This video is sponsored by PCBWay (https://www.pcbway.com)
00:00 - Introduction
00:36 - The Elephant in the room
01:21 - V and the creation of W, which becomes X
03:04 - Why is X the way it is
03:44 - The world Unix grew up in
07:20 - A brief word from our sponsors
08:05 - From weekend hack job, to the future of the GUI
15:01 - X and its license
18:12 - X11 Adoption
22:13 - X terminals
26:06 - CDE
29:53 - The Unix workstation woes
34:24 - Open source starts to take the lead
42:56 - Everything is 3d now
44:40 - DRI
47:35 - Gnome, KDE, and Xorg
51:30 - Time to clean up X
53:50 - Wayland
56:16 - The future of X
57:24 - Thanks
X, the windowing system for Unix (and other OSs), based on when you count it from is 40 years old, and its still in use. As Wayland looks ready to take over, its time to look back at how we got X11, what we have done with it, and where it is going.
This video is sponsored by PCBWay (https://www.pcbway.com)
00:00 - Introduction
00:36 - The Elephant in the room
01:21 - V and the creation of W, which becomes X
03:04 - Why is X the way it is
03:44 - The world Unix grew up in
07:20 - A brief word from our sponsors
08:05 - From weekend hack job, to the future of the GUI
15:01 - X and its license
18:12 - X11 Adoption
22:13 - X terminals
26:06 - CDE
29:53 - The Unix workstation woes
34:24 - Open source starts to take the lead
42:56 - Everything is 3d now
44:40 - DRI
47:35 - Gnome, KDE, and Xorg
51:30 - Time to clean up X
53:50 - Wayland
56:16 - The future of X
57:24 - Thanks
