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Slackware Chooses X.org Server Over XFree86

Posted by timothy on from the is-it-so-xurprising dept.

Ananamous Coward writes "Some big distros had already dumped XFree86 for X.org for license reasons, but now Slackware, one of the most classical and stable ones, has announced in its changelog for slackware-current that they are switching to X.org, mostly for compatibility reasons. Looks like X.org is now the future of X for Linux ..."

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  1. Linux prode by demon_2k · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Do linux desktop edvelopers take pride in being different? Some things are different to the point that are incompatible. And thats' not good enought if linux wants to suceed in desktop

  2. Re:Linux folks are immature by tao · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, a butterfly, animated dog or paperclip or similar is soooo much more mature/useful. *Kaplonk*

  3. Re:full changelog text by vandan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's a damned good signature you've got there.
    I will forward it to our local peace groups and left-leaning organisations :)