From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 19 03:47:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FB3216A4CE for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 03:47:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from theatre.msu.edu (theatre.msu.edu [35.8.69.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9E2643D58 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 03:47:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sagejona@theatre.msu.edu) Received: from [192.168.0.4] (d47-69-71-213.try.wideopenwest.com [69.47.213.71]) (authenticated bits=0) by theatre.msu.edu (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i7J3lmZF053672 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 23:47:49 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from sagejona@theatre.msu.edu) Message-ID: <412422E7.3030107@theatre.msu.edu> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 23:47:51 -0400 From: "Jonathan T. Sage" Organization: MSU Dept of Theatre User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2 (Windows/20040707) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions Mail List X-Enigmail-Version: 0.85.0.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime X-Phone: +1-517-974-1428 X-WWW-Home-Page: http://theatre.msu.edu X-PGP-Key-Figerprint: 182C CF3F 93A9 1DAA 2EBE D4D5 A159 96D9 452E A7F1 X-IM: AIM(jonathantsage,spartyman), ICQ(9587621), YIM(wisesage98) Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigE89C179635321C71251F64A8" X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on www.theatre.msu.edu X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040526, clamav-milter version 0.71 X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: Re: Xorg or XFree86? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 03:47:53 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigE89C179635321C71251F64A8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Eric Crist wrote: > Hello list, > > I've seen a lot of posts over the past couple months regarding > installation of X.org. I was wondering, is it that much better than > XFree86 that it's worth the hassle? If so, what are those advantages? > > Thanks, Eric - first up "worth the hassle" 1.) on a new install, (5.x, i don't run any 4.x systems anymore), there is no hassle. At least, no more than on XFree86. 2.) updating to x.org on a previous XFree86 isn't all that difficult, *if* all the instructions in ports/UPDATING are followed to the letter. Also, remember that it is a major upgrade to the system, and a lot of libraries, so occasionally, linked applications can fail. A simple rebuild fixes this. (note: "usually". We should all recognise what this one means) second up "advantages" 1.) primarly, it's lisence is a bit more friendly to bsd, particularly redistributing. I'm not an expert, lots of people are, if your interested in this, hit up google. 2.) it's an update of the x system (as of now anyway, XFree86 has a new version too, which AFAIK, hasn't made it to ports yet. i may be wrong here). I can't speak as to all the benefits, but i know for me at least, it fixed an AGP device issue i had nicely. the bottom line is, YMMV. but, x.org is now the default in 5.x, so i suppose the "more" unofficial support method is to go with the default... hope this helps. ~j -- Jonathan T. Sage Theatrical Lighting / Set Designer Professional Web Design "He said he likes me, but he's not in-like with me."- Connie, King of the Hill [HTTP://www.JTSage.com] [HTTP://design.JTSage.com] [sagejona@msu.edu] [See Headers for Contact Info] --------------enigE89C179635321C71251F64A8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBJCLnoVmW2UUup/ERAgCkAJ9oijBhwfDgVWOmAMTb1NvIZtnrrwCfYXaq LrW3TLlrjgPyFBqc0bS+5Y4= =RWgL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigE89C179635321C71251F64A8--