Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 08:28:35 +0100 From: Gunnar Flygt <gunnar@pluto.sr.se> To: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: commercial X-servers Message-ID: <20000203082835.A30283@sr.se> In-Reply-To: <3898DE0D.AD6C4574@nwlink.com>; from rjoseph@nwlink.com on Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 05:46:53PM -0800 References: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10002021751530.13645-100000@altair.cs.laurentian.ca> <3898B729.30134941@ds.net> <3898DE0D.AD6C4574@nwlink.com>
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On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 05:46:53PM -0800, R Joseph Wright wrote:
> "James A. Mutter" wrote:
> >
> > Marwan Fayed wrote:
> > >
> > > Can anyone comment on the X-servers from Xi, Metrolink, or others with
> > > FreeBSD?
>
> I believe Xi is the only commercial one that works with FreeBSD.
Oh, no! Metrolink works. I got me one when my Matrox card wasn't
supported bu Xfree86, but changed back to XFree86 when support for my
card came. It worked well.
>
> > It's been a while but in the past I used the Accelerated-X server from
> > Xi, I wasn't entirely happy with it. At this point I have to say that
> > unless your current video card is not supported by XFree86 there isn't
> > really any reason to make the move to a commercial server.
>
> I downloaded and tried out the Accelerated-X demo and it was _much_
> faster than XFree86. I would be using it if I had money to throw
> around.
>
> --
> R Joseph Wright
>
> *I merely took the energy it takes to pout
> and wrote some blues --Duke Ellington*
>
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