> - I think that X is good enough. Yes, X is larger than some people
> like, and it could be faster. But X has a lot of good features that
> make it better than any of the alternatives I've seen so far.
There are a few problems with X, one major issue being that it is no
longer free software (AFAIK the Open Group decided to make X11R6.4 free
for non-commercial use only). If we want Linux to have a chance anywhere
besides home and school use, X can't be the only choice.
I'm not saying GGI is the absolutely right approach (don't know it well
enough to claim it is or isn't), but we do need better non-X support for
graphics cards (especially considering graphics cards without a text mode
- a Linux user wouldn't buy them, but a Windoze user is in many cases just
a potential Linux user who doesn't know better. ;)
LLaP
bero
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"Nobody will ever need more than 640k RAM!"
-- Bill Gates, 1981
"Windows 95 needs at least 8 MB RAM."
-- Bill Gates, 1996
"Nobody will ever need Windows 95."
-- logical conclusion
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