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kitsunenokenja Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 20 Jan 2004 Posts: 131
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 4:38 am Post subject: xorg? What the..? |
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I feel like I've been left out in the cold on this topic. I heard about the XFree86 4.4 license issue, conflicting with the GPL or the like. Okay, that wasn't related to xorg, at least it wasn't when I first read about it. So what is this xorg? I still use xfree.. I can't even remember how long it's been since I had emerged xfree. From what I understand, there probably won't be new ebuilds for xfree because of the new license.. but what can replace X? Most apps that implement a GUI are written for X... So I want to know what I need to know about xorg. I have a guess on what it is though. I think I read somewhere it "picks up where xfree left off" in a way such that it still is what xfree is/was and continues to evolve. If that is true (I think of it as a fork of xfree), then it should be a perfect replacement because it isn't a replacement really. And it'll be occasionally updated. I like X, but it isn't the finest program around.. hopefully someone can explain xorg and perhaps point me to a document with answers! Also, thanks to the development teams that write xfree, xorg, and whatever other graphical servers there are. _________________ ProtonMail - Free encrypted e-mail from Switzerland
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Given M. Sur l33t
Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Posts: 648 Location: No such file or directory
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 4:44 am Post subject: |
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Look in the upper right hand corner of the page. See that little box that says "Quick Search:" before it? That's not just a decoration
Edit: (Just so you don't think I'm a complete asshole)
xorg is just a fork of xfree86. So, anything that works with xfree works with xorg _________________ What is the best [insert-type-of-program-here]? |
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kitsunenokenja Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 20 Jan 2004 Posts: 131
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 4:53 am Post subject: |
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It's funny you mentioned the Quick Searched. I had used it before posting!! The results I got were related to problems with it; you know, the usual stuff. I didn't weed through the support threads for an info thread since I didn't think of a good query to find something like that, so I figured I'd make my own thread here. By the way, I instinctively use the search if the IRC channel fails to assist me (or is not an appropriate means for a solution.) Besides, I figured there'd be others who don't know what xorg is all about so this thread ought to be useful.. but don't slam "there's already such a thread" at me.. Bah! _________________ ProtonMail - Free encrypted e-mail from Switzerland
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Given M. Sur l33t
Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Posts: 648 Location: No such file or directory
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 5:05 am Post subject: |
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There's already several threads on the subject. *SLAM* (j/k)
There's also google.
But it's cool man, many here have posted dupes before. And sometimes the search really does suck. One thing I try if I don't find what I'm looking for is using google and adding Code: | site:forums.gentoo.org | to the search. It doesn't return any recent results, but it can be really useful sometimes. (However, in this case it doesn't really return anything useful for the term xorg) _________________ What is the best [insert-type-of-program-here]? |
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kitsunenokenja Tux's lil' helper
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 5:15 am Post subject: |
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Google's site: feature is evil; it's effective most of the time! You just admitted that it returned nothing useful. Ha! See what I mean... usually I can find extremely relevant info on the forums. I think yesterday I found something.. forgot what though, but I remember it was exactly what I wanted to find out! Go forums! _________________ ProtonMail - Free encrypted e-mail from Switzerland
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tomk Bodhisattva
Joined: 23 Sep 2003 Posts: 7221 Location: Sat in front of my computer
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