From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Oct 30 05:10:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA07482 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 30 Oct 1997 05:10:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from pluto.senet.com.au (root@pluto.senet.com.au [203.11.90.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id FAA07474 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 1997 05:10:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from darius@holly.rd.net) Received: from holly.rd.net (c5-p21.senet.com.au [203.56.238.22]) by pluto.senet.com.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA14030 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 1997 23:40:13 +1030 Received: from holly.rd.net (localhost.rd.net [127.0.0.1]) by holly.rd.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA27858 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 1997 23:44:54 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199710301314.XAA27858@holly.rd.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svgalib? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 30 Oct 1997 22:51:25 +1030." <199710301221.WAA00721@word.smith.net.au> Reply-to: doconnor@ist.flinders.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 23:44:54 +1030 From: "Daniel J. O'Connor" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > There are all sorts of little giveaway signs that this is *not* a > particuarly wonderful thing to be pursuing. I'd much rather put my > (metaphorical) weight behind DGA. Yeah, one thing less to set up. I can't honestly see someone who can set up svgalib not being able to set up XF86, especially if some simple defaults where there. > GGI is also *very* Linux-centric; porting it to FreeBSD would be a Lot > Of Work. Yes, well of course linux _is_ the only free unix around --------------- Daniel O'Connor 3rd Year Computer Science at Flinders University http://www.geocities.com.au/CapeCanaveral/7200