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		Cockbrand on Aug 17, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: X: The First Fully Modular Software Disaster It's called X Window, man. Singular, not plural.

lioeters on Aug 17, 2017 | [–]

From the bottom of the page:

To annoy X fanatics, Don specifically asked that we include the hyphen after the letter "X,", as well as the plural of the word "Windows," in his chapter title.

jwilk on Aug 17, 2017 | [–]

Actually it's called "X Window System" or simply "X".

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