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XFree86 4.3.0 Released

Posted by michael on Friday February 28, 2003 @03:48PM from the don't-have-to-turn-head-90-degrees-anymore dept.

Dunkalis writes "The latest version of XFree86, 4.3.0, has been released! Release notes here, mirrors here. Enhancements include drivers for newer Radeons, better PS/2 protocol detection, the XRandR extension, better font support, and more!" Source tarballs are available, or wait for your distribution to package them...

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debian.... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-28 16:07 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Source tarballs are available, or wait for your distribution to package them...

so debian will have it in by next year... right?
1. Re:debian.... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-28 16:29 · Score: -1, Flamebait
  
  You're kidding, right?
  
  Two years, minimum.
Re:Also in X 4.3 by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-28 16:16 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Yes: Use a non-lame OS.
No by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-28 16:34 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Not that anyone gives a flying fuck about your homo laptop.
Re:Radeon ? by phoxix · 2003-03-01 06:59 · Score: 0, Flamebait

You retard
You were using SOFTWARE rendering. Which inherently is going to be very very slow. When you installed Nvidia's drivers, you were using their HARDWARE rendering support.
Sunny Dubey
Random Note: glxgears IS NOT a bench marking tool. Nvidia's drivers are highly optimized for display lists which is why comparing glxgear fps numbers will ALWAYS be skewed.