On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Nick Name wrote: >Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 02:22:37 +0200 >From: Nick Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >List-Id: General X Discussion <xpert.XFree86.Org> >Subject: Re: Is the XFree development stuck in a dead end? > >On 15 Jul 2002 01:56:41 +0200 >Xavier Bestel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Is that a joke ? Did you ever try to set up a second gfx card and >> monitor under Mac OS ? It's a breeze, just point'n'click. Whereas in >> X, you have to hunt for the Xinerama HOWTO and mess with the config >> file. >> > >Ok, sorry. I just made THE mistake: speaking 'bout what I don't know. >Sorry. > >But really, I've tried to simply install a second video card, different >from the first, in win98. Freeze. Stop. No way, I had to remove the >card, and manually remove the driver... still I can't remember how I got >out of that mess. > >In the same period, with X, I could do everything I want, even get two >3d games running at the same time, one on a matrox, and another on a >s3/3dfx pair... simple: use two X servers :)
For this example, I'd have to say it is not really too relevant because just as many people are likely to have had the reverse happen, where it "just worked" in Windows, and it "was a big pain in the ass" in XFree86/Linux et al. I've personally experienced both depending on the hardware. Getting an i740 working in Linux a couple years back took 20 minutes, while getting it working in Windows involved reinstalling the OS, installing USB support in Windows 95 to get some random DLL, flashing my BIOS, then installing about 7 things in a particular order. I had to reinstall Windows twice actually because I screwed up on step. I've had the reverse experience with other hardware, where it worked great in Windows and sucked in Linux and was a pain in the ass to get working (if it worked at all). Same goes for configuration of various hardware. Sometimes it is straightforward, other times it is not. It depends on so many different variables, there is no one best system or one best solution. And what works great for one person, may work crappy for another depending on hardware combinations, etc. -- Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 Red Hat Inc. http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
