Hmmm... Then why does XiG perform MUCH faster than XFree86 on my hardware?
Tom On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Suhaib Siddiqi wrote: > You like to pay money for XFree86,I believe and this the commercial > product is performing better on your PC, in fact you are running > XF86 sold to you in a buitifully packed box under a different name - > which XF86 license allows. Merolink oner is also member of XFree86 > Board of Directors. Melolink MetroX is nothing but XFree86 with a > few features added, and these features had been donated back to > XFree86, which are already present in XF86 3.3.5. > > Same applies to other commercial servers. > > **************************** > Suhaib M. Siddiqi > Senior Research Scientist > Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. > 4222 Emperor Blvd., Suite 470 > Durham, NC 27703 > > Tel: 919-941-9777 Ext 238 > FAX: 919-941-9797 > http://www.inspirepharm.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of K. Holcomb > > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 12:00 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [opendx-users] One more Linux3d option > > > > > > Although we've been discussing the *free* X server > > XFree86, which may or may > > not be helpful to the person interested in running DX > > under Linux, I might > > mention that there are a couple of commercial X servers > > which do claim to > > support 3D accelerated hardware for certain chips. In > > particular, there's > > Extreme3D by MetroLink which will work (they say) for > > some Glints (3Dlabs) and > > a Permedia chip. This product also comes with a certified > > OpenGL implementation. > > It's not quite ready yet but it appears they have a beta > > version for one > > 3Dlabs chip. MetroLink also sells a "real" Motif for > > Linux (and *BSD). > > I'm not affiliated with MetroLink in any way, I haven't > > even ever tried their > > product, but depending on the needs of the (original, > > unnamed) individual who > > asked about Linux, this sort of thing might be an option > > if funding is > > available. The products don't seem to be all that > > expensive. MetroLink is > > at www.metrolink.com. Xi Graphics (www.xigraphics.com) > > also has something in > > the offing (also not quite ready yet) but I know even > > less about them -- they > > seem to concentrate mainly on laptops. > > > >
