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Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:24:54 +0100
From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To: Nathan Whitehorn <nathanw@uchicago.edu>
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Subject: Re: No X server on Alpha?
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Quoting Nathan Whitehorn, who wrote on Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 09:39:48AM -0600 ..
> Does anyone know why xorg-server is marked not for alpha?

Because X on alpha has for the longest time been a bit of a nightmare.
That is the short story.  Combine that with the fact that most
people/developers run alphas with a serial console.

Wilko

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