[RESOLVED] XFree vs. Xorg

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cfaun · Post by **cfaun** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 7:07 pm

Why use Xorg instead of XFree86? Is it just because of anger since XFree86 isn't "GPL compatible"?

rafael · Post by **rafael** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 7:11 pm

If I'm not mistaking X.org has lots of the old XF86 devs on, is more updated and
maybe most importantly, is free (as far as I know).

madbiker · Post by **madbiker** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 9:23 pm

rafael wrote:If I'm not mistaking X.org has lots of the old XF86 devs on, is more updated and
maybe most importantly, is free (as far as I know).

XFree86 is free too.

Xorg forked off Xfree, it's being more actively developed and improved, and it uses a better license. There's no reason not to use it.

cfaun · Post by **cfaun** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 4:51 am

Okay; thanks

30726 · Post by **30726** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 5:08 am

All forking reasons aside, the most important argument is that X.org is supported by Gentoo (and most other distros) while XFree is not.

mcdermottpa · Post by **mcdermottpa** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 7:38 am

madbiker wrote:
rafael wrote:If I'm not mistaking X.org has lots of the old XF86 devs on, is more updated and
maybe most importantly, is free (as far as I know).
XFree86 is free too.

Xorg forked off Xfree, it's being more actively developed and improved, and it uses a better license. There's no reason not to use it.

Ya, they are both "free" but the XF86 people changed thier license and many people in the Linux community did not like it (!= GPL). Here is a news article that has the scoop: http://www.internetnews.com/fina-news/a ... hp/3338031

rafael · Post by **rafael** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 12:00 pm

madbiker wrote:
rafael wrote:If I'm not mistaking X.org has lots of the old XF86 devs on, is more updated and
maybe most importantly, is free (as far as I know).
XFree86 is free too.

Xorg forked off Xfree, it's being more actively developed and improved, and it uses a better license. There's no reason not to use it.

Okay then, not free enough.

justabssplyr · Post by **justabssplyr** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 1:35 pm

the biggest thing is that xfree was getting stagnant, and xorg is moving nicely.

i92guboj · Post by **i92guboj** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 1:40 pm

justabssplyr wrote:the biggest thing is that xfree was getting stagnant, and xorg is moving nicely.

That the reason. The other stuff is not so important to me. Is so was then we could not use mp3, mplayer, acrobat, winex, intel, our bios firmware.........
Dont lie: we are not free at all