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Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:51:58 +0000
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Subject: [9fans] Re: X11 setup problem
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On Jun 20, 4:55 pm, pawel.la...@gmail.com (Pawe  Lasek) wrote:
> On 6/20/07, Anthony Sorace <ano...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > however, and this is important, it is *very* *strongly* recommended
> > that you learn to use the system without X11 first. X11 is not part of
> > the distribution for a reason; that port is old and slow, and was
> > never heavily used. no program in Plan 9 depends on, or even wants,
> > X11 in any way. you will find it distracting and frustrating rather
> > than helpful if you aren't familiar with "real" Plan 9 first, as
> > you'll keep expecting things to be there which aren't.
>
> And if someone really wants X11, it might be more sensible to port
> X.Org's kdrive using /dev/draw for framebuffer.... It might be easier
> than getting that old port to be usable with modern X11 apps :-)
>
> --
> Paul Lasek

Paul is right. It seems much more sensible to drop this antique thing
and port latest sources, in the end.