On Jun 20, 4:55 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pawe Lasek) wrote: > On 6/20/07, Anthony Sorace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > however, and this is important, it is *very* *strongly* recommended > > that you learn to use the system without X11 first. X11 is not part of > > the distribution for a reason; that port is old and slow, and was > > never heavily used. no program in Plan 9 depends on, or even wants, > > X11 in any way. you will find it distracting and frustrating rather > > than helpful if you aren't familiar with "real" Plan 9 first, as > > you'll keep expecting things to be there which aren't. > > And if someone really wants X11, it might be more sensible to port > X.Org's kdrive using /dev/draw for framebuffer.... It might be easier > than getting that old port to be usable with modern X11 apps :-) > > -- > Paul Lasek
Paul is right. It seems much more sensible to drop this antique thing and port latest sources, in the end.
