No idea you should know ;-) I do not like XiG and also do not like it for the reasons i described before...
Hmmm why XFree86 3.3.5 performs better on my voodoo3 hardware while other commercial X even crash??? The answer for it would be same as for your XiG ;-) **************************** 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 Tom Bartol > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 12:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [opendx-users] One more Linux3d option > > > > 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. > > > > > > > >
