From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <9f3897940706200654v584681eftd1132d771b8d0308@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:54:02 +0200 From: "=?UTF-8?Q?Pawe=C5=82_Lasek?=" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: X11 setup problem In-Reply-To: <509071940706200440g1144976buc70fb45f1a57aea0@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1182275846.375220.11180@q69g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> <1182331540.420221.285260@w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> <509071940706200440g1144976buc70fb45f1a57aea0@mail.gmail.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 834da7c0-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 6/20/07, Anthony Sorace 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