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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!paperboy.wellfleet.com!newsmaster From: Robert Withrow <bwithrow@baynetworks.com> 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,misc.consumers Subject: Re: Why not buy Matrox Millennium Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 07:29:09 -0400 Organization: Bay Networks, Inc. Lines: 25 Message-ID: <320B2105.41C67EA6@baynetworks.com> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <stephenkDvp30A.366@netcom.com> <4u7hv4$jcd@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> <slrn50epup.vrk.knaff@choiseul.inrialpes.fr> <4u9oeg$91j@rigel.tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> <32093E50.39EB@aloha.net> <slrn50ipqh.a9.cbbrowne@dantzig.brownes.org> <32097C81.167EB0E7@star-gate.com> <3209F875.3652CCE1@pobox.com> <slrn50jupd.nc2.knaff@choiseul.inrialpes.fr> <4ucvq1$k55@solaris.cc.vt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: dino.wellfleet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b6 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:20073 comp.os.linux.development.system:29445 comp.os.linux.x:37616 comp.os.linux.hardware:47004 comp.os.linux.setup:67902 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:1007 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4552 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4315 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:25192 misc.consumers:93978 Giao Nguyen wrote: > All in all, I use a Matrox card and the Xinside server. It's worth the money. > It's fast. Is it better than XFree? In my opinions, yes. Even if Matrox > released the information, I think I would stick with the Xinside server > since it just simply works faster. YMMV. The Xinside (1.3 update 4) server has several bugs that the Xfree server doesn't. And I've gotten zero response from Xinside about these bugs after several mails and calls. At least with the Xfree server I have a chance of getting the bugs fixed. With the Xinside server I am at the mercy of Xinside, and they don't seem to be too worked up about fixing the problems. 1) The server prevents Netscape from running Applets. 2) Authentication problems with some applications (Xlockmore, XMCD). 3) Switching to a VT and back to windows leaves some windows undrawn. 4) Server occationaly crashes (althogh this hasn't happend when I was using it. It seems to happen at night....at random times not related to cron scripts). -- Robert Withrow -- (+1 508 436 8256) BWithrow@BayNetworks.com