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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!kalessin From: Adam Megacz <kalessin@netcom.com> Subject: Re: Sometimes you need X server source (Was: Why to not buy Matrox Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <316320B0.B58DA79@netcom.com> Sender: kalessin@netcom11.netcom.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <ROELL.96Mar30135144@blah.xinside.com> <vwjk9zzy8w1.fsf@osfb.aber.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 01:06:56 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (X11; I; Linux 1.2.13 i486) Lines: 21 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:14208 comp.os.linux.development.system:20777 comp.os.linux.x:28694 comp.os.linux.hardware:35567 comp.os.linux.setup:49207 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:479 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3025 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2792 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16756 > > XF86 is the Beetle of x86 X11 packages, and sold at scrap prices (by > weight of CDROM, basically :->); cheap and a bit rough. Your company is > doing the BMW range of x86 X11 servers, and selling it at Polo > prices. > > Good value both of them, IMNHO; those who can afford X Inside, do, the > others make do. I really don't get it, though. What makes any commercial X server bettern than XFree, other than the fact that they support more cards? I.e., I have an S3 card that works terrifically under XFree86 3.1.1 (it's even a Diamond card!!!!). Why should I switch to another X Server? -- Adam Megacz <kalessin@netcom.com> Website ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/ka/kalessin/adam.html Linux - OS/2