Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 19 Nov 2004 21:39:48 -0600
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Chris Neustrup <druid45@idiom.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: xorg vs vfree86
Message-ID:  <20041120033948.GA94473@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <419EA885.5050806@idiom.com>
References:  <419EA885.5050806@idiom.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
In the last episode (Nov 19), Chris Neustrup said:
> I am running a 5.3 stable box and XFree86.  I am installing the
> openoffice 1.1.3.  But it wants some xorg fonts, etc. I have not yet
> seen any reason to convert to the x.org stuff. Since the openoffice
> requires some, maybe this is the time. I am afraid that when I move
> to the x.org server, fonts, etc it will break and take an inordinate
> amount of time to get X up and running again.  What say you?

xorg and xfree86 are still almost identical.  You won't need to rebuild
any client apps or make any changes to your config file.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20041120033948.GA94473>