Mandrakelinux Goes X.org

dvalin writes "With Mandrakelinux now going for X.org it seems like every big linux distributor now has officialy dumped XFree86. First release for cooker was announced on the changelog list the 7th of June: http://archives.mandrakelinux.com/changelog/2004-0 6/msg00799.php Nice to see for all us cookers out there:) Also on another note, Mandrakelinux has also switched to gcc-3.4 now"

Comments

Wow, that's gotta be a record!

[JBMcB]

XFree86.org changes a few words in their license, and within four months almost every major Linux distribution and BSD has dumped it. How much longer does it have left? I'd guess by the end of the year the team will be disbanded as the independant OSS people move to x.org. Oh well, I never like the name XFree86, especially after it was ported to other architectures (XFree68? XFreePPC? :)

Re:Wow, that's gotta be a record!

[happyfrogcow]

x.org is a much better name, right?

well, maybe it is... if it's pronounced ZORG! (with exclamation and all)

Re:Wow, that's gotta be a record!

[RealAlaskan]

x.org is a much better name,

... if it's pronounced ZORG!

Ok, I vote we make it official:

X.org is pronounced ``ZORG!'' and XFree86 is pronounced ``dead''.

All in favor say ``ZORG!''. If we all say it often enough, it'll stick.

Re:Great , another config file format to learn.

[mgoodman]

If you haven't had any problems with XFree86 for the past 10 years, then you haven't *really* used it :P

Re:Great , another config file format to learn.

[BenjyD]

pssst.. it's "of" not "off"

Maybe he means "of and only of". You never know.

Re:xorg changes

[los furtive]

Slightly older versions? You are obviously not familiar with Mandrake.