On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 15:41:09 +0100, David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sunday 07 March 2004 12:36, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Just run "apt-get install x-window-system" as root. > > This wants to install 9 (count 'em) NEW!! pieces. OK, 4.3.05 and last > upgrade did 4.3.03, but .. what have I been running X until now? > > Also note that xfree86 and -common are NOT on this list but part of > the upgrade. > > Seeing all the problems there have been recently with X, before I take > this plunge (hopefully not a dive): > > 1. Will these nine new installs correct some of the problems or will > they create more. ..usually correct. Use apt-get -u update for a more verbose update. > 2. XFree is now up to 4.4. Wait for this or go with everything 4.3.05 > now? ..go for 4.3.0-5 now, unless the new bad 1.1 licence changes, 4.4 is not going to be part of any Linux distro I am aware of, it is not GPL compatible. It _is_ gonna be a while, either the license changes, to become CPL compatible, or XFree86 will be forked. Google for the details, this is also dicussed in Debian-legal. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]