From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 20 03:39:50 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 DD24F16A4CE for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 03:39:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78A6643D4C for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 03:39:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) id iAK3dmw2080621; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 21:39:48 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 21:39:48 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: Chris Neustrup Message-ID: <20041120033948.GA94473@dan.emsphone.com> References: <419EA885.5050806@idiom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <419EA885.5050806@idiom.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg vs vfree86 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: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 03:39:51 -0000 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