🚀 go-pugleaf

Daniel Lyons wrote:
> 
> David Vrabel wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Daniel Lyons wrote:
> >
> > > "R.K.Aa" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Compiling XFree on your own on a RH6 system isn't a good idea unless you
> > > > know what you're doing.
> > > > Upgrade XFree86 stuff from RedHat instead and all will be well - the
> > > > "patch" is already there - you can try downloading at least the xfs rpm
> > > > and upgrade.
> > > > See the errata page.
> > > >
> > > > K.
> > >
> > > well, I'd still like to know what's so great about XFS that it's worth
> > > this trouble.
> > The X font server (xfs) allows fonts to be rasterized on a remote machine.
> >
> > If your running clients and server on the same machine it is probably not
> > worth it.
> >
> 
> Thanks, guys... I think I'm beginning to see the uses of xfs.  However,
> at this stage, I'm going to say that:
> 
> 1.  I do not need it for these uses any more than the average Linux user
> running Linux at home does, and
> 
> 2.  xfs is extremely buggy, and may not be worth the trouble.
> 
> However, don't let that stop you from using it.  :)  I guess there are
> times when it would be useful.
> 
> Daniel

Actually...I've never had a single problem with it - the server as such
is steady as a rock - once you get it going. And to get it going is a
configuration matter: The problems people encounter seem to ALL either
based on wrong port settings or on various misunderstandings about where
the font-paths should go. I'll grant you one point though.. the
implementation of settings and not least documentation is too weak. It
oughta have the fixed font "hardcoded" and allow X to boot into some
"recovery" mode, accompanied by a help-page, when people screw up. And
people do...wooohooo.. :)

K.

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