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Fedora Prepares For Xorg Instead of XFree86
ZuperDee writes "I noticed in the development branch of Fedora today that they appear to be in the process of creating new xorg RPMs, and from the looks of the changelogs in those RPMs, it looks like their ultimate plan is to switch from XFree86 to the XOrg Foundation's implementation of X11. Anyone else here think this could signal the beginning of a new trend in Linux distributions, and that XOrg could end up becoming the new de-facto X11 implementation?" (See this earlier story,too.)
One of the reasons I _don't_ like the open source market. Make a comment about one of the developer's favorite movies, and a new fork is started.
Linux: Free if your time is worthless.
De facto implies that it is, in fact, the standard, as opposed to, say, de jure
In the case of open source software, sometimes I think it is more accurate to speak of "the standard du jour."
OK ... for the benefit of those of us who don't hack X in our spare time: is the Xorg implementation the same as the "freedesktop.org" implementation (at http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/xserver) or are they separate and distinct? (Or maybe just separate?)
Either way, how about brainstorming-up a better project name? I personally like "Product X" but that may already be taken.
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-- Watch the REAL Jon Katz.
X11's security sucks, but it's not THAT bad.
Consider me confused. :)
Hire? I'd say they should look for a qualified marketing director that would volunteer. You start hiring a marketing director and thay start looking for trademark infringers to sue. :)
There's nothing wrong with having hundreds of forks - usually it's pretty clear which one you want to go with.
Hundreds of forks?! And I have trouble remembering which one is for the salad.
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the XFree86-based DDX (called Xizzle, theoretically compatible with XFree86 drivers).
Xizzle? Fashizzle?
Think about it for a few minutes before modding me as a flame or troll. Mind you, it seems that /. has become more about moderation than discussion for many. Sad, really.
:-)
Personally, I think there should be a moderation score "+1, Misinformed". Combine it with "+1, Clueless" and "+1, Clueless and Proud of It", and you have an electronic recreation of the pillory!
Daniel
Hurry up and jump on the individualist bandwagon!
"Steve Jobs said two years ago that X was braindead and would be gone within two years. He was half right." - Dennis Ritche.
I fully expect Y to be the superior replacement to X. They're at 0.2 now and are targetting a 1.0 release in a year.
Hoo boy. That'll never happen. Don't they know the rule about moving from 0.1 to 0.9 in the first year, and then consuming the next 5 years geting through the 0.9X releases?
There's nothing wrong with having hundreds of forks
there is no fork...
ah, no.. i remember: it was a spoon
Actually, a hundred is a bit of an exaggeration. It's more like 21. Here's the run down of which fork you should use to eat which foods:
"Three forks for Elven kings under the sky
Seven for the Dwarf lords in their halls of stone
Nine for mortal men doomed to die
One for the dark lord, on his dark throne
In the land of Mordor, where the shadows lie
One Fork to rule them all, One Fork to find them
One Fork to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the land of Mordor, where the shadows lie"
See, pretty simple....Happy eating.
You know what would be neat? To run X in a Y window with transparency controlled by the Z axis of my mouse.
microsoftword.mp3 - it doesn't care that they're not words...
Nobody makes a 8 cylinder 450 so, you will have better luck looking for a hamster and his wheel. Go to the auto store and try to buy parts for an 8 cylinder 450 and they will know that you work on computers :)
XFree84! Damn, that is 2 revs older than x86!
It's 10 PM. Do you know if you're un-American?
anyhow, i would like to see another serious option besides xfree86
xfree86 crashes quite frequently for me...unless David Dawes pulls his head out of his ass and stops shooting himself in the foot.
He must be flexible. And good at blind shooting.
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Expect a BIG 'investment' from Microsoft or a spawnling entity for XFree86 soon, I guess.
"Sometimes, I think Trent just needs a cup of hot chocolate and a blankie." -Tori Amos on Nine Inch Nails