On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Joao Clemente wrote: > Somenone said some posts ago that one of the things that ltsp developers > were trying was to put Xorg in ltsp 4.1 instead of Xfree86... why is that? I > tough server Xorg was licensed.... > > Is there a performance reason to this change? Stability? More support? > Something?
Joao, Thanks for asking about the switch to X.org. I think there are alot of misconceptions about X.org, and I'll try to clear it up a bit. The X.org Foundation was founded back in January of this year, for several reasons. One of which is that the XFree86 group changed the licensing of their code. Another reason is because the XFree86 project had grown more and more closed to outside contributions. Lots of people wanted to help with the code, but they were shunned by the XFree86 core team. Last summer, there was even a big fiasco as some prominent XFree86 developers were kicked out of the project. Including Keith Packard, the guy who added all kinds of cool things to X, including anti-aliased fonts. Keith even wrote the original display manager (XDM) and the X Font Server (XFS). So, in January, it was decided that a new organization was needed, to continue the innovation and development of X11. Lots of old XFree86 developers got together with some of the X.org guys, and created the X.org Foundation. I was at the initial meeting, during Linux World in NYC, and somehow, by the end of the meeting, I found myself on the Interim Board of Directors. Then, back in June, I was elected to the first official board of directors of the X.org Foundation. X.org now includes alot of great people, including Jim Gettys (the father of X), Keith Packard (see above), Howard Hunt (Cygwin X), Stuart Kreitman (Sun), Leon Shiman, Egbert Eich (Suse), Kevin Martin (Redhat), and a whole bunch of others. X.org announced the first release of X11R6.7 on April 6th. This release is based on the XFree86 4.4rc2 code, which was the last version before the new XFree86 license took effect. You can read the press release here: http://www.x.org/XOrg_Press_Release_6Apr04.pdf Basically, X.org X11R6.7 is the same thing as XFree86 4.4. But, while XFree86 stagnates, X.org will continue to add new features. As for XFree86, back at the end of December, they announced that the core group had disbanded. They managed to get 4.4 final out the door, but there hasn't been alot of activity lately. In fact, the XFree86 mailing list contains more spam than anything else. Virtually all of the distros have either switched already, or have announced that they are switching to the Xorg. LTSP is just one more distribution that is switching away from XFree86 to the more open Xorg. I hope that addresses your concerns about the switch to X.org. Thanks, Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
