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11-28-2004, 04:34 PM
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Alternatives to XFree86
After reading about POSIX and Linux Standard Base I am wondering about the standard in XFree86. IMO XF86 seems kinda messy, like it's living its own life inside /usr/X11R6/.
Is there any alternatives to XFree86 that I can check out (I have a project where I am supposed to build a distro and I am planning to follow the standards as much as possible)?
I don't know if it's just me but I find XFree86 in a very bad shape. It has a lack of easy-to-understand structure and it is kinda bad with working with the kernel in a good way. The config-file has a poor structure. Does anyone agree with me? :P
In case there are no good alternatives maby I will have to write my own version of xf86. :P
Last edited by Ephracis; 11-28-2004 at 05:11 PM.
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11-28-2004, 05:27 PM
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What about xorg?
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11-28-2004, 05:30 PM
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Originally posted by Mystified
What about xorg?
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Isn't that just a fork that comes from xfree86?
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11-28-2004, 05:31 PM
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deja vu.... i remember doing this about 4 hours ago...
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11-28-2004, 05:36 PM
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deja vu.... i remember doing this about 4 hours ago...
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Yeah, you are right but the first was actually about the difference between xorg and xfree86. Now I was looking for more alternatives that does not have a close relationship to xfree86 (or xorg). Something with older roots, more structured then xfree86.
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11-28-2004, 05:45 PM
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well without a prioritory implementation (and even then i doubt it) you're not going to get away from it going ack in time. ywindows uses the same X11R6 tree too. xorg is moving away from it in many areas but the core is still hived away there
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11-28-2004, 05:50 PM
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Originally posted by acid_kewpie
well without a prioritory implementation (and even then i doubt it) you're not going to get away from it going ack in time. ywindows uses the same X11R6 tree too. xorg is moving away from it in many areas but the core is still hived away there
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OK. But I, let's just take an example, I would write my own implementation. Could I then make a distro where I replace xfree86 and use my own instead and still would get basic apps and dektops enviroments to work?
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11-28-2004, 06:43 PM
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Originally posted by MezzyMeat
OK. But I, let's just take an example, I would write my own implementation. Could I then make a distro where I replace xfree86 and use my own instead and still would get basic apps and dektops enviroments to work?
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Only if yours followed the same client-server architecture and used exactly the same asynchronous calls, or some sort of mapping of the XF86 calls, as X.
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