:Linux Warcry: Beyond XFree86, Searching for the Alternative
Linux Warcry: Beyond XFree86, Searching for the Alternative Mar 4, 2004, 01 :00 UTC (20 Talkback[s]) (11606 reads)
"There's another schism going on in the Linux world. Just in case you've been under a rock in the last few months the XFree86 team has changed their license. There's an uproar from several of the largest Linux distributions where they're refusing include XFree86 4.4 in their new releases. This is bad news for a few but also in the middle of this conflict begs the question. What are the alternatives?
"I've done a bit of digging and to my dismay and frustration there are no viable alternatives yet. Nothing that Joe Linux could migrate to in a click of his favorite GUI updater or if they happened to be Xandros or Lindows users it's not in those comfortable updaters either. There is hope however in a few projects that are currently out there and the 3 I hear the most about I will describe below...
