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Xref: sserve comp.unix.sys5.r4:9021 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7984 comp.unix.misc:15424 comp.unix.bsd:15839 comp.sys.powerpc:31276 comp.sys.intel:28238 comp.os.misc:3671 comp.os.linux.misc:32897 comp.os.linux.development:22128 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4699 comp.os.386bsd.development:2985 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jjs@ix.netcom.com (Jerry Shekhel) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Date: 4 Jan 1995 07:32:44 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 33 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3edius$mrg@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> References: <3d7vel$442@galaxy.ucr.edu> <NEWTNews.5010.788322809.muzaffer@omer1.smixedsignal.com> <3duphu$1ai@tamarack.cs.mtu.edu> <3e2su7$9n4@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> <D1oDrt.Ir1@sedlbbs.sedl.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-bos2-18.ix.netcom.com scottb@sedlbbs.sedl.com (Scott Burkett) writes: > >: 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. > Win32 is also not X, nor does it make any claims to be so. > >Bad comparison. > No, perfect comparison. The other guy was saying that NT's inability to display Win32 apps on a remote X screen proves that NT cannot run X. That's *precisely* like saying that Linux's inability to display SVGALib apps on a remote X screen proves that Linux cannot run X. > >I can run X apps from a Sun or AIX server on my Linux station with no >problems. > You can do exactly the same thing with an NT machine running X. >| Scott Burkett, scottb@sedl.com | "Beneath the noble bird, | Jerry jjs@ix.netcom.com