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Slackware Chooses X.org Server Over XFree86
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 ..."
It's a great pity for XFree86 developers as more and more people are switching to X.org odd job. X.org is stuck with XFree86 4.4 rc2 and I see no development of this project expect for the community hype about the license change of XFree86. Who develops X.org? Who?? XFree86 is about to issue 4.5 alpha soon and why should I be glad that my distro decided to go with outdated but licensely well X server?
Absolute bull feathers. I'd pick Red SHat dead last, and slack is always my first choice, when I have one.
But this is slashdot. A slashdoter who didn't build his own computer is like a Jedi who didn't build his own lightsaber!
I don't get this line. Does it mean that all the packages are old as hell or that its one of the most stable distributions as in uptime? If the latter is the case, I object! Thre are hundreds of distros, who has tested all of them for stability? Not this character I'm sure.