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From: jkh@whisker.lotus.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: FreeBSD and XFree86
Date: 06 Nov 1993 21:02:21 GMT
Organization: Lotus Development Ireland
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Distribution: world
Message-ID: <JKH.93Nov6130221@whisker.lotus.ie>
References: <2be0oc$vq@delphinium.rtsg.mot.com>
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In-reply-to: declrckd@rtsg.mot.com's message of 5 Nov 1993 16:58:52 GMT
In article <2be0oc$vq@delphinium.rtsg.mot.com> declrckd@rtsg.mot.com (Dan J. Declerck) writes:
Source code compatibility (somewhat) with SunOS 4.1.3 (from the UNIX perspective).
Generally pretty good.
Motif (a biggie in my book), is Motif available for XFree86??
Not for free. Perhaps somebody will `productize' it the way they do
for Linux, but this is not yet done. Don't forget that Motif costs
money. Of course, if your company has a source license and you should
just happen to, erm, accidently compile it on your box, well... :-)
SLIP capability (Is SLIP available??).
Yes.
Eventually, a C++ compiler (hopefully for free).
Yes.
and all the X distribution tools (like xmkmf makedepend, etc..)
Yes.
I am in the process of buying a high-end PC (486DX2-66) with a good
Graphics controller (looks like an ATI SVGA VESA is my only choice)
250 Mb tape drive, CDROM,and 16Mb of RAM, w 256K of cache, and 16 bit
soundblaster card..
Actually, the #9 GXE is another good choice, but you won't go wrong
with the ATI GUP. If you're going this high-end, get an EISA system
and try to get ahold of an Adaptec 1742 someplace (difficult, since
discontinued) or a Bustek 747S.
The final requirement I'd like to add is the ability to reboot and
run Mess-Windows with Mess-DOS for all those cheap adventure games
you can pick up at CompUSA for less than $30
So have a DOS partition.
I'd like to use this machine to learn to prgram in the X
environment with C++i, I'd also like to develop an app for the soundblaster
card (to eventually give to you-all).
There is a very nice C++ Motif compliant GUI environment coming
available soon, so you might not even need Motif if that's your goal.
Can't say more than that right now.
I'd also like to use it to work at home on work related projects,
and connect in to work thru SLIP.
I do it every day.
Jordan
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(Jordan K. Hubbard) jkh@violet.berkeley.edu, jkh@al.org, jkh@whisker.lotus.ie
I do not speak for Lotus, nor am I even a Lotus employee. I am an independent
contractor.