What's new in xfree 4.3.99.x? (I need something to break)

wilburpan · l33t Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 977

I was looking for something new to do with my Gentoo laptop while waiting for KDE 3.2 to go to beta, and thought about the xfree development series. I think I might like to give this a try, but I would like to know what new features are slated for XFree86 4.4.

The XFree86 changelog lists a lot of changes, but I can't get an idea of what new functions are slated for the new version.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.
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meowsqueak · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 12:19 am Post subject:

I see you've already found the free86 changelog - here's the gentoo changelog. Not a lot of info here, but maybe there's something of interest to you?

http://63.139.18.186/projects/gentoo-portage/browse-program-changelog.php?program=4373

RedBeard0531 · Guru Joined: 21 Sep 2002 Posts: 415 Location: maryland

I'm runnin it. Not much noticable differances except an improved xf86config. might be a bit faster, I cant tell. If you looken for someithing to break your sys, this ain't it. :twisted:

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thundersteele · Apprentice Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Posts: 219

running it too

only version of xfree that turns off backlight on my laptop correctly. very stable, won't brake anything.

What you really could try:

XOUVERT

Project to make xfree more modular and so on. Have a look at their mailing list, there is no official release yet