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pcwalton 7 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: A peculiarity of the X Window System: Windows all ...

Windows works just like GNOME here: decorations are client side and are drawn in user32. dll.

okanat 7 months ago [–]

Um not really.If the application gets stuck, Windows Desktop Window Manager slaps its own titlebar on top of the window, ignoring all client decoration. You can still move it or close it.

On GNOME, if the application gets stuck you have to kill it by other means.

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