Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Mar 1998 13:52:04 +0100 (CET) | From | Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <> | Subject | X (was Re: GGI Project Unhappy On Linux) |
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On 26 Mar 1998, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> - I think that X is good enough. Yes, X is larger than some people > like, and it could be faster. But X has a lot of good features that > make it better than any of the alternatives I've seen so far.
There are a few problems with X, one major issue being that it is no longer free software (AFAIK the Open Group decided to make X11R6.4 free for non-commercial use only). If we want Linux to have a chance anywhere besides home and school use, X can't be the only choice.
I'm not saying GGI is the absolutely right approach (don't know it well enough to claim it is or isn't), but we do need better non-X support for graphics cards (especially considering graphics cards without a text mode - a Linux user wouldn't buy them, but a Windoze user is in many cases just a potential Linux user who doesn't know better. ;)
LLaP bero
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