Re: What do people use Xfree86 for? [cgf]

[huntharo at msu dot edu]

BULLSHIT>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FUCKIN TROLL KIDZ CANT TAKE A COMMENT....... LOL









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From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]
On Behalf Of Harold L Hunt II
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 9:26 PM
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: What do people use Xfree86 for? [cgf]

Chris,

You wanna ban this troll?

Harold

j-ttompkins@hotmail.com wrote:
> BULLSHIT!!!! 
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> NOT A GOOD EXPLAINATION!!!!
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> USE FOR REMTELY CONNECTING TO A UNIX BOX N USE REMOTE APPLICATIONS.....
> YA CAN DOWNLOAD FREE XSERVER FROM
> http://www.thecyborg.com/howto/xserver.html
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>>Fred,
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>>I actually use Cygwin/XFree86 to run xfig on my laptop while I am doing 
>>my math and computer science homework at the library.  That is the most 
>>useful local app that I use.  Other than that I tend to open XDMCP 
>>sessions to my linux boxen so that I can login and use KDE.  That's 
>>about it.
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>>Harold
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>>fred wrote:
>>Hello,
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>>I just ran Xfree86.  Very, very nice.
>>Just like sitting on the sun boxes
>>at school.  All the twm setup files
>>and Xresources work the same.  It was
>>so alike (and tons faster) that I got
>>carried away and starting to invoke
>>apps like I do from school.  That's
>>where the similarity ended.  All the
>>apps fired up outside of Xwindows.
>>That's OK, my relationship with windows
>>is one of like-hate.  It has some pretty
>>handy features, but I tear my head off
>>about some things.
>>
>>But, given that cygwin's X runs within
>>Windows, and any apps you invoke fire
>>up in MS windows (that's the way it
>>should be because the apps were written
>>to use the MS windows features), what
>>do people actually use X for?  I've
>>found that despite the mighty coolness,
>>all I do is open up an xterm and start
>>an ssh tunnel to school, with port
>>forwarding.  Then I do everything else
>>from MS windows.  With the virtual
>>scrolling of the touchpad, and the
>>rather effortless cut-and-paste, I
>>don't mind it at all.  But it sort of
>>makes me wonder....why?
>>
>>Fred
>>
>>P.S.  This is not a knock down of X
>>on cygwin, I think it's really cool.
>>It's astounding that it was even
>>possible.  I'm wondering if I'm not
>>making as much use of it as I could.
>>
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