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From: benhalzm@uhura.aston.ac.uk (ZM BEN-HALIM)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Porting X11 to IBM MINIX... Problems???
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Date: 28 Jan 91 18:12:41 GMT
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The biggest problems with porting X11 are size, Size,  and then SIZE. The X
server alone would be > 600KB, add to that your window manager and the other
bits and pieces and your looking at more than a 1MB. On top you have all the
library code link with your programs, XLIB, Xt, Xaw, or motif = 200K per 
program. If you on a network you could do with just the server and the window
manager (remote window managers are extremely slow).
In addition to all of that, X windows is built on top of TCP/IP.
So to port X11 to IBM minix you need :
386 upgrade (to be able to run large processes)
2MB of memory (1MB may be possible if you like watching paint dry and you have
some sort of swapping)
Implementation of TCP/IP sockets;
and a lot of spare time!!!

If you do try, good luck.

Zeyd M. Ben-Halim
benhalzm%uhura.aston.ac.uk@cunyvm.cuny.edu