Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 10:51:34 +0200 (CEST) From: Malte Lance <malte@webmore.com> To: "Edward P. Katz" <katz@robotics.Stanford.EDU> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Newbie 3 questions. Message-ID: <XFMail.980608105134.malte@webmore.com> In-Reply-To: <199806080349.UAA29145@grebe.Stanford.EDU>
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On 08-Jun-98 Edward P. Katz wrote: > Hello, > > I'm considering plunging into FreeBSD rather than LINUX and would like > to ask 3 questions: > > 1. First, does FreeBSD X windows support multiple monitors > (e.g. 3 monitors and interface cards on one PC as in display:0.1, > display:0.2, display:0.3)? X in general YES. For XFree86 you may need some specific X-server. > > 2. Can the COM1 serial port be configured as the console > (I.e. have no monitor, but use an ASCII terminal as the system > console)? Sure > > 3. Folklore has it that for server kinds of applications, that > FreeBSD is the way to go. But for an individual workstation > applications (e.g. X Windows, X Term, etc.) LINUX gets the > popular nod (at least from the sample space I've already tapped). > What is your response to this, and how does X Windows under > FreeBSD compare to X Windows under LINUX? Hm ... 1. Running XFree86-3.3.2 2. Heavily using Khoros-2.2.0.0 for digital-image/signal-processing. Linked it against the GL-clone MesaGL-2.6 3. Working on a high-performance volume-renderer for X (programming with XEmacs-20.4) 4. Debugging (if needed) with ddd-2.2.3 [ X-GUI for gdb and other debugger ] 5. Using StarOffice-4.0 sometimes .. => Every day impressed by the stability and performance of FreeBSD. Would you consider this to be "individual workstation applications" ? Malte. > > Thanks, > > Ed Katz > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Malte Lance <malte@webmore.com> Date: 08-Jun-98 Time: 10:29:08 ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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