[859] in OS/2_Discussion
XFree86
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Abram Dancy)
Wed Mar 13 00:06:26 1996
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 96 00:05:43 -0800
From: Abram Dancy <abester@dancy-online.mit.edu>
To: os2partners@MIT.EDU
FYI, The Alpha version of XFree86 was released several days ago. This
allows you to run X programs under OS/2 in a full-screen session (so
you can switch between X and PM, just like FS WinOS/2 and PM). I've
got it running on my machine now, and it looks pretty good. It may be
a bit slower than XFree86 under Linux, but I'm not sure. (Certainly
the advantage of not needing to reboot to run X offsets this!)
The primary site for this is ftp.xfree86.org, in
/pub/XFree86/beta/OS2. You'll find stuff on other sites, but things
may be changing daily, so I'd go straight there. You can get the
files I downloaded on my machine (ftp anonymous to dancy-online)
(perhaps if you just want the readme) but unless you've got an S3
card, you'll still need another file from elsewhere.
Abram
