Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 12:17:28 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Mitchell <brian@firehouse.net> To: "David E. Wexelblat" <dwex@DataFocus.com> Cc: "'devel@XFree86.Org'" <devel@XFree86.Org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: interested in working on windows port (sorry for cross post) Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.980105121500.23402A-100000@shell.firehouse.net> In-Reply-To: <CE3283EB3AE9D011BF4B0020AFF8FDD72ED4A1@hercules.fairfax.datafocus.com>
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On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, David E. Wexelblat wrote: > Who is your target audience? Why on earth would I set up > a windows box that is doing nothing but running X? This > seems extraordinarily useless - if I wanted a dedicated > X machine, I'd run Linux on it. > > The only reason to put X on a Windows PC is interoperability. That's my opinion as well (minus the linux part). I run exceed at work in multiple window mode, it lets me get real work done. Full screen mode seems more kludgy, since I can't run windows and x11 apps side by side. However, my X needs are extremely slight, and I don't think it makes that much of a difference. The OS/2 (Warp) port of XF86 might be a good place to start.
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