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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!uwvax!frankensun.altair.com!wlbr!sms From: sms@wlv.iipo.gtegsc.com (Steven M. Schultz) Subject: Re: Sometimes you need X server source (Was: Why to not buy Matrox Sender: news@wlbr.iipo.gtegsc.com (Steven M. Schultz) Organization: GTE Government Systems, Thousand Oaks CA USA Message-ID: <DpGEru.BzD@wlbr.iipo.gtegsc.com> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <ROELL.96Mar30135144@blah.xinside.com> <vwjk9zzy8w1.fsf@osfb.aber.ac.uk> <316320B0.B58DA79@netcom.com> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: wlv.iipo.gtegsc.com Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 18:45:29 GMT Lines: 12 In article <316320B0.B58DA79@netcom.com>, Adam Megacz <kalessin@netcom.com> wrote: >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? Because Xinside's server is faster. Strikingly so the last time I ran the x11perf tests. Steven Scultz sms@wlv.iipo.gtegsc.com