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From: darren AT onlinemagic DOT com (Darren Evans)
Subject: Re: X11R6R4
22 Jun 1998 18:21:34 -0700 :
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>>I've used XFree86 before, but dont know the difference with X11R6, did'nt
>>the xfree source tree come from X11R6 originally? What are the major
>>changes?
>>
>>Anyway once I know that, I can probably strace to get on a bit further.
>
>The Cygnus ported X11 packages - neither .3 nor .4 - contain an X server.
>You have to get some native X server for your Windows platform - either
>X/Mix from MicroImages, which is the only free one, or XWin32, which is
>a shareware product or some really expensive commercial package like
>Xoftware by NetManage.

Thanks, yeah I figured that out over the weekend. 

Are there any plans to do a Native Xfree86 port? That would really
be nice, but a major project :)

Thanks

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