From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 19 04:34:36 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 8680616A4CE for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 04:34:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.cableone.net (scanmail2.cableone.net [24.116.0.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1008E43D1D for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 04:34:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from v.velox@vvelox.net) Received: from vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net (unverified [24.119.122.85]) by smail2.cableone.net (SurgeMail 1.9b) with ESMTP id 13668535 for multiple; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 21:19:33 -0700 Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 23:33:52 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox To: "Eric Crist" Message-Id: <20040818233352.198f4c93@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> In-Reply-To: <030001c48594$42e7fb90$6501a8c0@Nomad> References: <030001c48594$42e7fb90$6501a8c0@Nomad> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.10) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 04:34:36 -0000 On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 21:28:44 -0500 "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? There are few advantages to it. The only reason I made the switch to it was because for some bloody reason support for acecad tablets was in the mouse driver for XFree86 making it impossible, afaik, to use it like a tablet. Other than that , I have seen no noticeable differences. There is a slight change in the licenses in XFree86 4.4, but nothing to worry about. It just really provide a reason for a few ppl, all ready annoyed, to get off their butts instead of whinging on about XFree86 and actually go and split it off. As far as who is going to win out, still not enough info to actually tell. But a lot of weight appears to possible behind Xorg right now. But that can probally be attributed to a lot of slashdot ppl throwing their weight behind it because it is not XFree86, which most have a pointless irrational hate of(or of X in general).