On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 17:22 +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> xfree86 changed its licence to something not very free, so what
> happened is that xorg foundation took the last remaining
> freely-licenced xfree86 code and renamed it xorg, then started working
> on that.
I think the actual license
John L Fjellstad wrote:
"Tshepang Lekhonkhobe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
xfree86 changed its licence to something not very free, so what
happened is that xorg foundation took the last remaining
freely-licenced xfree86 code and renamed it xorg, then started working
on that. Loads of other dist
"Tshepang Lekhonkhobe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> xfree86 changed its licence to something not very free, so what
> happened is that xorg foundation took the last remaining
> freely-licenced xfree86 code and renamed it xorg, then started working
> on that. Loads of other distros use xorg now, a
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Raghu Kodali wrote:
> I am not very clear about the differences between xorg & xfree86. Why
> did we move from xfree86 in sarge to xorg in Etch? I tried to google it.
> I could get only individual information but not a comparision.
L
On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:59:22 +0530
Raghu Kodali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am not very clear about the differences between xorg & xfree86. Why
> did we move from xfree86 in sarge to xorg in Etch? I tried to google
> it. I could get only individual information but not a co
On 1/15/07, Raghu Kodali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am not very clear about the differences between xorg & xfree86. Why
did we move from xfree86 in sarge to xorg in Etch? I tried to google it.
I could get only individual information but not a comparision.
xfree86 changed its
I am not very clear about the differences between xorg & xfree86. Why
did we move from xfree86 in sarge to xorg in Etch? I tried to google it.
I could get only individual information but not a comparision.
Thanks
Raghu
It is better to throw windows out of the computer than throwing
On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 07:06:22PM +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 16:24:04 -, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > Florian Kulzer wrote:
> >
> > > for developers to contribute. Someone can make such a statement without
> > > being an aspiring contributor himself. I see neither a "p
Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 16:24:04 -, Thomas Dickey wrote:
>> Florian Kulzer wrote:
>>
>> > for developers to contribute. Someone can make such a statement without
>> > being an aspiring contributor himself. I see neither a "promise" nor a
>> > "lie" i
On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 16:24:04 -, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
>
> > for developers to contribute. Someone can make such a statement without
> > being an aspiring contributor himself. I see neither a "promise" nor a
> > "lie" in what he writes.
>
> The lie was this: stating
Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> for developers to contribute. Someone can make such a statement without
> being an aspiring contributor himself. I see neither a "promise" nor a
> "lie" in what he writes.
The lie was this: stating that it was not allowed to happen.
Anytime the topic c
On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 11:22:24 -, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> Kevin Mark wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 11:03:01PM +, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> >> Kevin Mark wrote:
> >> > One of the reasons why there was not a modularized source tree in
> >> > XFree86 was that it was not allowed to happen
Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 11:03:01PM +, Thomas Dickey wrote:
>> Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > One of the reasons why there was not a modularized source tree in
>> > XFree86 was that it was not allowed to happen. No? So XFree86 never
>> > could
On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 11:03:01PM +, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > One of the reasons why there was not a modularized source tree in
> > XFree86 was that it was not allowed to happen. No? So XFree86 never
> > could have it, while Xorg now does. And this le
On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 07:04:28PM +0100, Mathias Brodala wrote:
> Hello Kevin.
>
> Kevin Mark, 05.11.2006 19:03:
> >> That means: if you want a monolithic X-server, you can have one with Xorg
> >> too.
> >
> > So its possible to have a monolithic Xorg X server. Debian does not package
> > one.
Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One of the reasons why there was not a modularized source tree in
> XFree86 was that it was not allowed to happen. No? So XFree86 never
> could have it, while Xorg now does. And this lead to XFree86 development
> being harder than Xorg. To me this is a diffe
Hello Kevin.
Kevin Mark, 05.11.2006 19:03:
>> That means: if you want a monolithic X-server, you can have one with Xorg
>> too.
>
> So its possible to have a monolithic Xorg X server. Debian does not package
> one. Who does?
How about Debian[0]?
(I would have accepted your statement if was th
On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 11:13:59AM +0100, Mathias Brodala wrote:
> Hello Kevin.
>
> Kevin Mark, 05.11.2006 03:08:
> > One of the major differences between XFree86 and Xorg is the use of
> > modularized source.
>
> Nope.
Huh?
> That???s the difference between Release 6.9 and 7.0 and has nothin
Hello Kevin.
Kevin Mark, 05.11.2006 03:08:
> One of the major differences between XFree86 and Xorg is the use of
> modularized source.
Nope. That’s the difference between Release 6.9 and 7.0 and has nothing to do
with differences between XFree86 and Xorg. (Although the former doesn’t have a
modu
On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 05:00:28PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 04:38:36PM -0700, ChadDavis wrote:
> > Hey there. What X system does my recent (installed yesterday ) debian etch
> > system use? Isn't there adifference between xfree86 and xorg? The docs I
> > found on the
ChadDavis wrote:
Hey there. What X system does my recent (installed yesterday ) debian
etch system use? Isn't there adifference between xfree86 and xorg?
The docs I found on the debian site are for xfree86 but my system
seems to have X11 / xorg stuff on it? Sort me out if I'm clueless.
E
On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 04:38:36PM -0700, ChadDavis wrote:
> Hey there. What X system does my recent (installed yesterday ) debian
> etch
> system use?
xorg
>Isn't there adifference between xfree86 and xorg?
yes. i think xorg is a fork of xf86. try google.
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On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 04:38:36PM -0700, ChadDavis wrote:
> Hey there. What X system does my recent (installed yesterday ) debian etch
> system use? Isn't there adifference between xfree86 and xorg? The docs I
> found on the debian site are for xfree86 but my system seems to have X11 /
> xorg st
Hey there. What X system does my recent (installed yesterday ) debian etch system use? Isn't there adifference between xfree86 and xorg? The docs I found on the debian site are for xfree86 but my system seems to have X11 / xorg stuff on it? Sort me out if I'm clueless.
Respect.
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