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Date:      Tue, 02 Sep 2003 18:00:22 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Randi Harper <sektie@freebsdgirl.com>, Vulpes Velox <kitbsdlist2@HotPOP.com>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ugly Huge BSD Monster
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.7.2.20030902175916.028eb230@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <EF8A605A-DD06-11D7-BDAD-000393D46EC6@freebsdgirl.com>
References:  <20030902051334.6de9da27.kitbsdlist2@HotPOP.com>

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At 11:33 PM 9/1/2003, Randi Harper wrote:

>Ugh. Have you SEEN the X11 spec? If you have to write a window manager, I've heard it's a bloody nightmare. Read the Unix Haters Handbook. The PDF is online somewhere. They have a nice section explaining some of it. For me, it's a matter of: I hate it, I know it's ass, but I have as of yet to see a decent alternative that supports my video card, so I don't complain too loudly when I use it.

The best thing about XFree86, IMHO, is that it would be an excellent source
of hardware driver code for a GOOD system.

--Brett



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