[linux] comments/experiences with X.org

[Dejan Nikic]

Well I've used 6.7.0 on gentoo for a while now, basically ever since
XFree decided to go it's "own" way.  I installed 6.8.0 few weeks ago and
it's been running just fine.  

The big news with 6.8.0 is the new composite extentsion and TRUE
transparency.  It looks pretty awsome I'm just waiting for MetaCity to
have a working, mean non-buggy/stable, version that supports all these
new features.

On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 20:49, oabram at u.washington.edu wrote:
> I'm using xorg-x11-6.7.0. Also in gentoo but with a radeon 9800 pro. Works fine with the ati drivers. Give it a go.
> 
> Abe
> 
> 
> On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Marshall Bjerke wrote:
> 
> > I'm also using xorg-x11-6.8.0.  It was an easy install in gentoo (emerge 
> > xorg-x11) which is the same as it is for xfree.  The new eyecandy stuff is cool 
> > but pretty useless at this point because no windowmanagers take advantage of it 
> > natively yet.  You won't notice any performance differences between this and 
> > xfree most likely but the switch is easy enough (the configs are even backwards 
> > compatible) so I say go for it :)
> >
> > I'm using an nvidia 5950u and the drivers, including opengl, work great.
> >
> > -Marshall
> >
> > Yi Qiang wrote:
> >
> >> On 18:01 Thu 23 Sep     , Jonathan Nicol wrote:
> >>  
> >>> Hello all,
> >>> 
> >>> I'm curious if anyone is using X.org, and has comments about their 
> >>> experience. Is it better than xfree? More/less difficult to install 
> >>> properly? Has anyone changed from xfree to x.org? Problems or easy? Any 
> >>> issues with OpenGL, or nvidia drivers?
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> thanks
> >>> Jonathan
> >>> 
> >>> *=*=*=*=*
> >>> Jonathan Nicol, Client Services
> >>> Computing & Communications
> >>> Mary Gates Hall, Suite 011
> >>> ph 206.543.5970 fax 206.221.6802
> >>>    
> >> 
> >> I'm using xorg-6.8.0 here.  There are no major differences (except the new 
> >> DAMAGE/RENDER/COMPOSITE extensions) that an end user should notice. 
> >> Installation is about the same, it still uses the ridiculously old make 
> >> system, although there are efforts to autotoolize it.  Nvidia drivers work 
> >> fine out of the box.  As far as performance goes, many people reported it to 
> >> be faster but I have not noticed any difference here.  It's a wise move to 
> >> switch to xorg however since all the major distributions have dropped 
> >> XFree86.
> >> 
> >> -Yi
> >>  
> >
> >
> 
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