On Monday 31 May 2004 22:49, Matt Price wrote: > Hi folks, > > after not noticing for months, I've finally beocme aware of the major > behind-the-scenes feuding btwn xfree86 & x.org. From browsing the > debian-x lists, I see that xfree86 will likely no longer be supported > by debian after the current release. > > this led me to two questions: > > 1) is this going to affect debian users much? That is, will we be > able to effortlessly upgrade to x.org packages in the future and > simply leave xfree86 behind? Or will this become rather more > complicated? > > 2) Does this stimulate any interest in or increase the possibility of > acceptance of the various "successor" projects to x -- like Y windows, > and I think I've seen others elsewhere (fresco?) which aim to redesign > the desktop from the gorund up? > > This isn't a troll, but I am interested in these questions in party > because I plan to be teaching a bunch of kids to run linux in the > winter, and I'm just wondering whether the x framework as we currently > know it will still be around. > > later, > > matt > > -------------------------- > .''`. Matt Price > > : :' : Debian User > > `. `'` & demi-geek > `- > -------------------------- as a subsidiary question, does anyone know of these "follow-on" Xs will support old drivers, come to that will Sarge. I ask because I have an old machine which I use for testing and it has an S3 card in it which does not appear to have been ported to 4.3. Currently I use one of the old 3.x drivers but I notice that this driver no longer appears in Sarge - at least I could not find it anywhere.
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