Subject: Re: Xorg vs XFree86
To: Zbigniew Baniewski <zb@ispid.com.pl>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 01/05/2006 11:34:06
In message <20060105153546.GA2983@ispid.com.pl>, Zbigniew Baniewski writes:
>Any real benefits from switching to Xorg, which is currently available
>for 3.0? I'm using XFree86, and it's doing fine - but I haven't tested Xorg.
>
>Perhaps it does have f.e. more efficient X-server (faster graphics), or
>there are any other "pros"? No, "translucent windows" alone aren't of so much
>importance to me. ;)
>
>Did anybody compare the both?
It's a bit of a nuisance, since there are a number of things you have
to tweak to use xorg. I use it because I have to, not because I want
to -- XFree86 doesn't work properly on my hardware.
--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb