see response below, please...
T. Joseph CARTER wrote:
On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 06:08:48PM -0800, Bob Miller wrote:To the best of my knowledge, the main difference is that the X.org server uses a different licensing scheme (more "open"/"free") from the current XFree86 server. The code was forked after 4.3, so that the current X.org is roughly what 4.4 would have been. Development is still underway on the old XFree86 but many developers defected to the X.org project due to the license issue, I understand.
On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 11:10:58AM -0800, Bob Miller wrote:You can choose 2.6. It is marked experimental. AFAIK, you can not
BTW, the current KNOPPIX (v3.7, 12/8/2004) still defaults to a 2.4Defaults? As in, you can choose 2.6 and X.org?
kernel and XFree86 too. What's up with that?
choose X.org.
Ubuntu also uses XFree86, though it uses 2.6.8. When last I used Linux,
that is all there was. Could use a rundown of what's better about X.org
if someone wants to take the time to explain it. =)
Nifty features like true alpha transparency are in the works for X.org... should be one to watch in this year. :)
Anyone else who knows more, please feel free to correct me/add info. This is based off my limited research on the subject and sub-perfect recollection.
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