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From: scottb@sedlbbs.sedl.com (Scott Burkett)
Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD?
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Date: Sat, 31 Dec 1994 12:38:15 GMT
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: So can you run some SVGALib-based Linux program over the cable to another 
: Linux machine's X screen?  If you cannot, Linux is not capable of running X.  
: It is simply pretending to be able to do so...

SVGALib is not X, nor does it make any claims to be so.  It is not based 
on any specification, other than the author's.  Bad comparison.  

I can run X apps from a Sun or AIX server on my Linux station with no 
problems. 

Regards.

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| Scott Burkett, scottb@sedl.com | "Beneath the noble bird,           |
| Southeastern DataLINK          |  Between the proudest words,       |
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