Is So XWindows!

We used to have a lot of people come on #linux asking for help with a fictitious entry called ``Xwindows.'' We still do, really. Some (most?) of us are purists; there's no such thing as ``Xwindows.'' Here's an email one of us received when we looked for a live response to the issue.

Incidentally, the X man page (man X) echoes the sentiments found here. Don't say you couldn't have known. :)

Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 06:27:15 +0100
From: Dirk H Hohndel 
To: Nuke 
Subject: Re: X (was Re: GGI Project Unhappy On Linux) (unrelated,
read, *quickly* :)

nuke@bayside.net writes:
> 
> legally, officially, or whatever... it is ``X'', and not ``X-Windows'', ``Xwin''
> or any other ``windows'', correct? i see over and over people insisting it's
> ``X-Windows'' because that's what they've heard. i point them to the manpage
> for ``X'', and are usually sorry they argued.
> 
> not that i'm trying to start an argument with any ``X-Windows'' people, but
> i'd like an opinion (or official position?) by someone with the status to
> rightfully comment.

It is called

X
X Window System  (without the 's')
A Window System called X

That's about it. Anything with a hyphen is wrong. But I must admit
that I gave up on defending its name a LONG time ago...

                     Dirk