Hello, ====== > Graham Lillico +44 1785 782329 wrote: > > Does anyone know if XFree86 is 3.3.3.x is avaliable in deb format > > anywhere? Or when we will have one avaliable? > > It will not be in the distribution till the maintainer of the X11 Debian > packages feels comfortable about the current (3.3.2) packages.
I think this is a problem because version 3.3.2.x is not ready for internationalization. I am publishing some articles in one Slovak PC magazine but I have to use M$ Windows when writing those articles for 3 reasons: 1.) There is not even one (!) word processor which is able to export the documents in MS Office97 format and is working properly with Slovak locale in XWin. 2.) I can't use TeX or similar because in that PC magazine they're using just MS products. 3.) I was unable to set up Slovak keyboard properly. I downloaded XWin 3.3.3. sources and compiled it and it worked with the same settings and same keyboard flawlessly! A friend of mine, using RedHat 5.2, laughed at me when I told him that we in Debian do not have even 3.3.3 when there is 3.3.3.1 out! I felt that time very uncomfortable. So until XWin 3.3.3.x appears in Debian distribution East-Europeans will have big problems getting their international support and locales working in XWin and I think it is a big pitty. I am, truly said, angry about it. Just explaining my feelings, please do not take it as offence. I simply can't stand the feeling that Linux can't do something that Windows can. I understand it is not so easy to administer and package such huge thing as XWindow, however, this disfunctionality should be at least treated as bug. So? Peter Paluch -- ********************************* * Peter Paluch * * Kukucinova 939/35 * * 024 01 Kysucke Nove Mesto * * Slovakia, Europe * * ----------------------------- * * mobil: +905 16 44 32 * * domov: +421 826 421 2542 * *********************************