Does this mean that my attempt to build Xfree86 will fail unless I hack on it first? Cheers, David
> At 06:52 PM 10/1/99 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > >On Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 10:11:31AM -0400, Christopher Barry wrote: > >> I see that XFree86 says the latest version is GNU/Hurd compatable. > > > >But the Hurd is not XFree compatible :) > > > >We are working on it, but please bear with our slowness. It is trickier than > >it seems. All prior successes to get it running were hacks, and we want to > >do it proper now. > > ... > >It is definitely usable to hack it and compile stuff and develop it and so > >on. It is defintiely usable if you prefer console over X (as I do). Exim, > mutt, > >lynx, etc are available and run. > > > Is this strictly true? I was under the impression that you could run > X applications, but you could not run an X server. That is, you could > have your development system running an X server with Linux, and your > test system running xterms or xemacs on the Hurd. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
