🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sat, 02 Oct 1999 13:52:08 -0600, Daniel Lyons <fusion@nmt.edu> 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.
>

What bugs? I haven't found _any_ yet. Runs with no problems whatsoever.
It seems most problems being reported are either due to configuration or
updating not being done right.

>However, don't let that stop you from using it.  :)  I guess there are
>times when it would be useful.
>
>Daniel


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