Ben-Nes Michael wrote:
What is the difference between X11R6 XFree86 ?
X11R6 is revision 6 of X11, the communication protocol.
XFree86 is an implementation of an X server (supporting
the X11R6 protocol) for x86 machines and their videocards.
Having a unified protocol means other clients on
On Wed, Aug 09, 2000, Y. Benado wrote about "Re: Stupid X Q.":
From: Ben-Nes Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What is the difference between X11R6 XFree86 ?
X11R6 is Xfree86 Release 6 AFAIK
Not quite...
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Hi All
What is the difference between X11R6 XFree86 ?
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X11R6 is Xfree86 Release 6 AFAIK
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From: Ben-Nes Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 10:12 AM
Subject: Stupid X Q.
Hi All
What is the difference between X11R6 XFree86
Hi, Ben-Nes!
On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 11:12:13AM +0300, you wrote the following:
What is the difference between X11R6 XFree86 ?
X.org releases a reference implementation of the X protocol and the
standard X libraries. Their latest release of that code is X11R6.4.
Of course this code is far
Ben-Nes Michael wrote:
Hi All
What is the difference between X11R6 XFree86 ?
One is a standard, the other is an implementation of that standard. Like HTTP
is a standard, and apache is an implementation of its server side.
Was that your question? Or did you ask what the differences were
On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Y. Benado wrote:
What is the difference between X11R6 XFree86 ?
X11R6 is Xfree86 Release 6 AFAIK
ASCII silly question, get a stupid ANSI.
X11R6 is the spec, thre protocols, the APIs.
xfree86 is an xserver project, an implementation of that standard (viva
standards!) if
On Wed, Aug 09, 2000, Ira Abramov wrote about "Re: Stupid X Q.":
On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Y. Benado wrote:
What is the difference between X11R6 XFree86 ?
X11R6 is Xfree86 Release 6 AFAIK
ASCII silly question, get a stupid ANSI.
:)
X11R6 is the spec, thre protocols
On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Nadav Har'El wrote:
X11R6 is the spec, thre protocols, the APIs.
xfree86 is an xserver project, an implementation of that standard (viva
Several people said roughly the same thing, and I beg to differ. X11 was
I just wanted to give a quick simplistic answer to a
