BULLSHIT>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FUCKIN TROLL KIDZ CANT TAKE A COMMENT....... LOL
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Harold L Hunt II Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 9:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: What do people use Xfree86 for? [cgf] Chris, You wanna ban this troll? Harold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > BULLSHIT!!!! > > NOT A GOOD EXPLAINATION!!!! > > USE FOR REMTELY CONNECTING TO A UNIX BOX N USE REMOTE APPLICATIONS..... > YA CAN DOWNLOAD FREE XSERVER FROM > http://www.thecyborg.com/howto/xserver.html > > > > >>Fred, > > >>I actually use Cygwin/XFree86 to run xfig on my laptop while I am doing >>my math and computer science homework at the library. That is the most >>useful local app that I use. Other than that I tend to open XDMCP >>sessions to my linux boxen so that I can login and use KDE. That's >>about it. > > >>Harold > > >>fred wrote: >>Hello, >> >>I just ran Xfree86. Very, very nice. >>Just like sitting on the sun boxes >>at school. All the twm setup files >>and Xresources work the same. It was >>so alike (and tons faster) that I got >>carried away and starting to invoke >>apps like I do from school. That's >>where the similarity ended. All the >>apps fired up outside of Xwindows. >>That's OK, my relationship with windows >>is one of like-hate. It has some pretty >>handy features, but I tear my head off >>about some things. >> >>But, given that cygwin's X runs within >>Windows, and any apps you invoke fire >>up in MS windows (that's the way it >>should be because the apps were written >>to use the MS windows features), what >>do people actually use X for? I've >>found that despite the mighty coolness, >>all I do is open up an xterm and start >>an ssh tunnel to school, with port >>forwarding. Then I do everything else >>from MS windows. With the virtual >>scrolling of the touchpad, and the >>rather effortless cut-and-paste, I >>don't mind it at all. But it sort of >>makes me wonder....why? >> >>Fred >> >>P.S. This is not a knock down of X >>on cygwin, I think it's really cool. >>It's astounding that it was even >>possible. I'm wondering if I'm not >>making as much use of it as I could. >> > > > >