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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 ..."
wow! I AM THRILLED. NO REALLY. A LUNIX DISTRO CHANGING GUI. GAWD! THATS LIKE... SO EXCITING.
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lame linux geek fat fucks.
get a life.
Love Always,
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filler
who cares
Choosing TUI over GUI does not make you leet. It makes you a luddite.
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 XFree86 is about to issue 4.5 alpha soon and why should I be glad that my distro decided to go with outdated but licensely well X server?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!
As a windows weenie
i tried linux on for size last year.
I test installed about 8 distributions,
and by far the most friendly was
Mandrake.
It was pretty much like installing windows
(my sister could do it),
and that's my definition of easy
(thats my approach to software, i always keep asking myself if my mom or sister could use it, esp when developing desktop software).
PS - The biggest pain were the various BSDs.
For example, the feet in gnome or the k in front of every damn think in kde. I can think of a lot more important/usefull things they could do.
Yeah, Rock 'n' Roll fantasy dude, like shit on James Dean. I'm totally with you on this one.
:).
However, it must be said, Linux really needs to focus more on stuff like UBS to firewire AGP bridge interfaces as this is where technology is heading- we all know that kernel 2.7.423rc289 is having problems with its UDP uplink to the north bridge, hopefully the UBS stuff works better when they figure this one out (fingers crossed
Finally the community should really start to put more focus on the upgrade of the x server to the y server as we all know that the newest bluetooth enabled high speed digital graphics modules only work with UBS2.18.
some other r0x0r is the sux0r!!! - sooooo l337 and funny!!!
uh, could you translate that F N babble?
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.
Why would anyone be worried about a dead OS using a dead-end X server?
Trust me, this won't make a bit of difference, except for a handful of zealots.