Re: X.org <-----> Xfree

[Jon Dowland <jon-dowland@ncl.ac.uk>]

Ron Johnson wrote:

> On Fri, 2004-12-10 at 10:05 +0000, Jon Dowland wrote:
>  
>
> > On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 07:40:53PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > The three points I know of why X.Org is better:
> > >
> > >
> > > 2. X.Org has real transparency support (I think its called 
> > >   translucency in this context).
> > >      
> > Eeww..
> >    
>
> They aren't holding electrodes to your privates, making you use
> transparency/translucency.
>  
That's true. I also understand that it is/was a necessary evil to get 
the masses to support X.org.