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From: sarima@tdatirv.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
Subject: Re: Openwin or X11R4
Keywords: OpenWin X11R4
Message-ID: <33@tdatirv.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jun 91 17:24:57 GMT
References: <1991Jun3.200112.17129@wlbr.imsd.contel.com> <1991Jun06.060759.420@shawn.uucp> <28@tdatirv.UUCP> <1991Jun07.233354.2660@convex.com>
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In article <1991Jun07.233354.2660@convex.com> datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri) writes:
>Sun gives libX11 a version number of 4.3, which causes ld.so warnings if you
>make the mistake of compiling against them and running on a machine with MIT
>stuff.  My users have also had problems of strange behavior up to and
>including hanging when using the MIT libX11 with the xnews server.

Well, we did not install the MIT libX11, just the libraries that were
not part of OpenWindows (libXaw, libXmu, and libXext).

>I had both xnews 2.0 and x11r4.pl9 crash (only on sun 4's) with certain
>invocations of xloadimage -slideshow.  That hasn't happened to me since 3.0.1
>came out.

Aaah!  I have never had occasion to use -slideshow.  (I mostly use -onroot).

>The xnews server lacks the shape extension, and the reservation of colormap
>cells for the NeWS side of things is annoying.  I find xnews to use more
>memory and run more slowly than the X11R4 server.  Not everyone has an SS2.
>Run both on a 3/60 and see if you change your mind a little.  The xnews
>server also loves to LOSE icons -- they disappear *completely*.  The
>inability to use normal fonts is also a real pain.

Yep, it does indeed use more memory, and on smaller, slower machines that
becomes noticable (it is quite slow on 8 meg Sun386's as well).

It depends alot on what machine you are running.

Also, from what I hear, OW 3.0 is going to be a major improvement.
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