From kde-core-devel Sun Jun 02 22:54:18 2002 From: Ryan Cumming Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 22:54:18 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: kde 3.1 -- make Keramik default? X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=102305863032257 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On June 2, 2002 18:03, you wrote: > > 1) Most (all?) free Unices use XFree86 by default; that includes Linux, > > FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, etc. > > Nope, not XFree - they run X11R6, R5, R4 and even R3. > So yes, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and the free unices uses XFree86, So you're disagreeing with my point that free Unices use XFree86, but agreeing with my point that free Unices use XFree86? That's somewhat confusing. > > 2) XFree86 is pretty much the standard way of supporting the X11 protocol > > on non-Unix systems, such as MacOS X, OS/2 and Windows. > > Excuse me? if you want X11 protocol support on WIndows you'll need either > Interix, Cygwin, or a free X server. Interix does a very good job as it The "Cygwin" X11 server is just XFree86 running on Cygwin; a quick Google search would have revealed this. I agree with the fact that Interix is a big player, but I've only ever seen Cygwin deployed. > gives you an X windows which just looks like a standard Win32 windows. That is known as "rootless" X, as it does not manage the root window and instead depends on the platform's native window management. XFree86 already does this on MacOS X, and the same is planned for the next version of the Win32 port. - -Ryan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE8+qIdLGMzRzbJfbQRAkVIAKCOqJQWtktDO6WJ2Xd8+oeTRiYIigCeKXYI S7It/jQ400Rric3gHgU8lWw= =qBYD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----