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From: toor@wipux2.wifo.uni-mannheim.de (Peppermint Lucy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps
Subject: Re: xdm for freebsd: where?
Date: 19 Oct 1993 17:55:32 GMT
Organization: Rechenzentrum Uni-Mannheim
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Message-ID: <2a19mk$ji7@darum.uni-mannheim.de>
References: <wilko.750329361@spoetnix.idca.tds.philips.nl> <29cat4$oks@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <1993Oct17.235518.2110@alf.pec.co.nz>
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Keywords: freebsd xdm xfree

In article <1993Oct17.235518.2110@alf.pec.co.nz>,
Paul Andrew <paula@alf.pec.co.nz> wrote:
>Does this mean that I can't put on the stock X11R5 and patch it up
>under FreeBSD?
If you have the capacity to get X11R5, you can get XFree86 
from freebsd too. Otherwise you can get the CD --- 
but if you can patch it up then do so instead, 
it won't be much worse or better than the version on Freebsd.
--- it will also mean you get to know a little more about XFree86.
-- 
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