On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 02:12:51AM -0600, Dave Klipec wrote:
> Alan wrote:
> >Just out of interest, are there any performance reasons to switch to the
> >new X? I'm running fine with whatever is in stable right now, and I'm
> >just wondering if I'll see any big improvement (or increase rather,
> >speed is fine now) in X4.3?
> >
> >alan
>
> I can say that it doesn't feel particularly faster, however - RandR will
> be one of those "FINALLY!" features once all the major DM's/WM's support
QandQ? Xand14? Enlighten us, please. I know I could go read
stuff on the XFree website, but lots of people won't, and it's a
pet peeve of mine to read something that's abbreviated when a
large portion of the audience won't have a clue what they stand
for.
And if anyone says gentoo users are enough in-the-know to figure
it out but still doesn't think vi should be in the stage1
tarball, you're nuts! :)
- richard
> it nicely. There are other features that have made their way in which
> will be useful down the road as software support fills in.
>
> In other words, unless you have a video card whose support has improved
> (see the release notes) I wouldn't say you must upgrade now, but it
> wouldn't be a bad idea to fire it off in the background so you'll have
> it when you do need it (then again, it may be heavily patched by then!).
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Richard Kilgore
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