Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2017 19:02:57 +0000 From: blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>, "Zane C. B-H." <v.velox@vvelox.net> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: End of year Xorg status rant Message-ID: <CALM2mEmmtx%2B%2BP6XCRgie_TGv6c7_zwtDJMX1cQ-guC=CLfdRcw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20170103183149.GA86111@slackbox.erewhon.home> References: <20161230163653.54909631@rsbsd.rsb> <15952279f17.e0be0d8c34357.732964216134709731@nextbsd.org> <20161231120453.13adf858@thor.walstatt.dynvpn.de> <20161231145143.18e6ac99@rsbsd.rsb> <20161231131150.GA3514@lonesome.com> <20161231160319.1a77a8fd@azsupport.com> <822e64b6a6efa38ad5331e2be3f175f9@vvelox.net> <20170103183149.GA86111@slackbox.erewhon.home>
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I've never liked lines of code as a measure of how good software is. I like challenges. Best, Owen On Wed, Jan 4, 2017, 02:33 Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 12:14:54AM -0600, Zane C. B-H. wrote: > > On 2016-12-31 09:03, Andrei wrote: > > > On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 07:11:51 -0600 > > > Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> wrote: > > > > > >> On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 02:51:55PM +0300, Beeblebrox via freebsd-x11 > > >> wrote: > > >> > I'm sure the Foundation and developers have been debating whether to > > >> > drop desktop all together > > >> > > >> I have never heard of any such discussion. > > Would the Foundation be willing to sponsor a developer to work on X? I'd be > willing to donate toward that. > > > Honestly this entire thread has been full of WTF. > > Second that. > > > I've been using FreeBSD for desktop purposes since like late 2001/early > > 2002. The only issue I've ever had is X -configure does a shit job of > > picking defaults at times, but that is not a FreeBSD issue. > > I've been using FreeBSD amd64 on desktops and laptops since 2004 (5.3). > > Mostly on Radeon GPU's. > > On the whole, I'd say X works fine. > > > Yes, X tends to lag a bit behind Linux, > > Given limited manpower, that is pretty much a given. Especially since Linux > graphics seem (IMO) to be in a permanent state of flux. > > > but all in all X is a much > > better experience on FreeBSD than Linux. One of the big thing that > > really stands out between the two is screen tearing is rare on FreeBSD > > compared to Linux. > > I cannot recall ever seeing screen tearing on FreeBSD. > > > X works well enough under FreeBSD that I honestly use it for gaming via > > wine. > > > > Personally I am proud and happy with what our X team has done with it, > > Ditto. > > > especially with Intel chipset support since like 10, making using it on > > a broader number of laptops all that more awesome. In 11 it is > > completely goat fragging wiz with the new KMS stuff. <3 > > The new KMS works fine with my Radeons. > > Roland > -- > R.F.Smith http://rsmith.home.xs4all.nl/ > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 5753 3324 1661 B0FE 8D93 FCED 40F6 D5DC A38A 33E0 (keyID: A38A33E0) >
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