Re: Linux vs Windows
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes:
> Thus, you use XFree v4.x in svga mode, or v3.3.6 and the drivers for
> your card, and that limits the amount of new GUI apps you can use w/o
> backporting or recompiling.
>
> Even fvwm 2.2 in sarge is compiled against XFree 4.1, so it would
> have to be recompiled for XFree 3.3.6.
This isn't at all the case. Just because you're using an X server
from XFree86 3.3.6, you can still use local X clients compiled against
any version of the X libraries. There's no particular requirement
that you even use XFree86 or even Xlib, just so long as you have
something speaking the right (extremely stable; X11R6 is around a
decade old now) wire protocol.
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