Re: Distros specifically designed for children

On Wed, 28 May 2025 21:23:43 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

I never liked X-windows or PostScript either.
 
A printer that needed more processing power than the computer it was
attached to seemed like an obscenity to me

That was the economics of the time. Or “technological limitations” of the
time, if you prefer.

Remember, networks were slower back then. So the idea of sending lots of
prerendered bitmaps between computers and printers (or computers and
display servers) was just a recipe for bandwidth traffic jams.

PostScript was great (for its time) for printers and typesetters. Not so
much for screen use.