Date: 10 Feb 1997 19:31:17 +0100 From: Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Commercial X servers for FreeBSD Message-ID: <87sp34o6mi.fsf@plm.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: The Hermit Hacker's message of Sun, 9 Feb 1997 06:51:30 -0400 (AST) References: <87k9ogr1gm.fsf@totally-fudged-out-message-id>
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>> On Sun, 9 Feb 1997 06:51:30 -0400 (AST), The Hermit Hacker
>> <scrappy@hub.org> said:
THH> On Sun, 9 Feb 1997, Hr.Ladavac wrote:
>> E-mail message from Peter Mutsaers contained:
>> >
>> > Which commercial X servers are available for FreeBSD?
>> >
>> > I need one since XFree doesn't support my laptop with TFT and cirrus
>> > logic 7543 well enough (no good centering). Also, text modes are
>> > completely messed when I run the current (3.2 or 3.2A) XFree.
>> >
>> > I tried the demo of Accelerated X and it runs fine. But it is way too
>> > expensive ($250).
>>
>> Up to recently it was $99 for personal unices (*BSD and Linux) Since
>> when did that change?
>>
THH> And ppl wonder why commercial software developers stay away
THH> from the Free Unix(es)?
$250 is just too much for just a personal laptop for home use only.
Then I'd rather use the somewhat broken Xfree server (for my cl7543)
and see that a good version will appear soon. The performance doesn't
really matter to me.
--
Peter Mutsaers | Abcoude (Utrecht), | Trust is a good quality
plm@xs4all.nl | the Netherlands | for other people to have
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