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gonzo on Feb 28, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: 10.7 Lion allows multi-user remote computing

It's not "X Windows", either. It's either "X" or "The X Window System".

I ran X9 on a Decstation in 1985 or so.

vacri on Feb 28, 2011 [–]

heh, sorry, I always unintentionally do that, and it always gets up the nose of the old guard :)

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