Apple X11 Beta 3 alternatives
Apple X11 Beta 3 alternatives
- Subject: Apple X11 Beta 3 alternatives
- From: "Torrey T. Lyons" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:47:17 -0800
In the discussion of the Apple X11 Beta 3, there was some confusion
about the available X11 options for Jaguar. To clarify, Apple's X11
1.0 is based on XFree86 4.3.0. (Beta 3 was based on the earlier
XFree86 4.2.1, which is now over a year old.) There are several
easy-to-use and free installers for XFree86 4.3.0 on Jaguar available
from:
Fink: http://fink.sourceforge.net
XonX: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xonx
In particular, a standalone, pre-compiled binary of XFree86 4.3.0 for
Jaguar, with a GUI installer based on InstallAnywhere, is available
for free download at:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/xonx/XFree86_4.3.0.dmg?download
Apple's X11 does include improvements in two areas over XFree86
4.3.0, which represent real work by Apple engineers:
1. The proprietary quartz-wm offers good integration with Aqua. For
Jaguar a similar solution is available with the OroborOSX window
manager. <http://oroborosx.sourceforge.net/>
2. Apple's X server is faster then XFree86 4.3.0. XFree86 4.4.0 will
be released at the end of this year and will contain the performance
improvements from Apple's X11. Apple should be commended for making
these available to the open source community rather then just leaving
Jaguar with an unsupported beta. On Jaguar XFree86 4.4.0 will be
faster then 4.3.0, and on Panther XFree86 4.4.0 will have identical
performance to Apple's X11.
--Torrey
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