Re: is XFree86 supported / encouraged by NetBSD? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Adam Hamsik <haaaad%gmail.com@localhost>]

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On Jan,Wednesday 30 2008, at 7:18 AM, Paul (NCC/CS.) wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> i am confused as to what X to use in general.
I think that you should use that X server which works for you. If you  
want acceleration use modular Xorg from pkgsrc. If in-base XFree86  
server works for you and you don't want any new features use that. But  
my recommend is modular Xorg.

> XFree86 when used with a non nvidia video card
> seems to work well. But is it encouraged / supported
> or not recommended for use in NetBSD?
> Is it being phased out?
> Should we be using Xorg?
Recommended installation procedure is use Xorg from pkgsrc. Xfree86 in  
base is portable enough to run on almost all of NetBSD platforms but  
it is old.
> Why does a default install still have XFree86?
>
>
> I thought it had been given the boot but I'm not
> sure.
>
> thanks,
> Paul.

Regards

Adam.

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