'Oddities' - Slide 2

Can you run X, Gnome, KDE (or X, KDE, Gnome) ?

• Yes, but it doesn’t make much sense

• An X server manages the local monitor, keyboard, mouse,
  which is on your local workstation, not the S/390

• Running KDE or Gnome on an S/390 is not a good use of
  an S/390

• X clients can run on an S/390, but that may or not be a
  good thing to do.

• IEEE Floating Point Unit will improve performance.

There are far fewer kernel options to worry about.
No support needed for a LOT of hardware types.

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