From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 8 01:53:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA27153 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 8 Jun 1998 01:53:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cyclone.degnet.baynet.de (cyclone.degnet.baynet.de [194.95.214.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id BAA26983 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 1998 01:52:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from malte@webmore.com) Received: from neuron.webmore.com (unverified [194.95.214.160]) by cyclone.degnet.baynet.de (EMWAC SMTPRS 0.83) with SMTP id ; Mon, 08 Jun 1998 10:54:46 +0200 Received: from neuron.webmore.de (malte@webmore.com) by neuron.webmore.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA00699; Mon, 8 Jun 1998 10:51:34 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.2 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199806080349.UAA29145@grebe.Stanford.EDU> Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 10:51:34 +0200 (CEST) Reply-To: malte@webmore.com From: Malte Lance To: "Edward P. Katz" Subject: RE: Newbie 3 questions. Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 08-Jun-98 Edward P. Katz wrote: > Hello, > > I'm considering plunging into FreeBSD rather than LINUX and would like > to ask 3 questions: > > 1. First, does FreeBSD X windows support multiple monitors > (e.g. 3 monitors and interface cards on one PC as in display:0.1, > display:0.2, display:0.3)? X in general YES. For XFree86 you may need some specific X-server. > > 2. Can the COM1 serial port be configured as the console > (I.e. have no monitor, but use an ASCII terminal as the system > console)? Sure > > 3. Folklore has it that for server kinds of applications, that > FreeBSD is the way to go. But for an individual workstation > applications (e.g. X Windows, X Term, etc.) LINUX gets the > popular nod (at least from the sample space I've already tapped). > What is your response to this, and how does X Windows under > FreeBSD compare to X Windows under LINUX? Hm ... 1. Running XFree86-3.3.2 2. Heavily using Khoros-2.2.0.0 for digital-image/signal-processing. Linked it against the GL-clone MesaGL-2.6 3. Working on a high-performance volume-renderer for X (programming with XEmacs-20.4) 4. Debugging (if needed) with ddd-2.2.3 [ X-GUI for gdb and other debugger ] 5. Using StarOffice-4.0 sometimes .. => Every day impressed by the stability and performance of FreeBSD. Would you consider this to be "individual workstation applications" ? Malte. > > Thanks, > > Ed Katz > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Malte Lance Date: 08-Jun-98 Time: 10:29:08 ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message