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| author | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name> | 2011-10-10 17:25:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name> | 2011-10-10 17:25:55 +0200 |
| commit | 34536d4be249af5a150bbc4811181bf106f703a6 (patch) | |
| tree | 0bc16eba0e028fab50e03e3111519d83b5139328 | |
| parent | dddbca662a49bc5ce7c310f5f1320eb8a253342d (diff) | |
news/2011-q2-ps <X.Org>: Leave out X.Org release announcement. Minor rewording.
The announcement adds no real value: XFree86 has been available before, and
X.Org is a fork of it, so it would be surprising if the functionality had been
lost (and re-introduced).
| -rw-r--r-- | news/2011-q2-ps.mdwn | 9 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/news/2011-q2-ps.mdwn b/news/2011-q2-ps.mdwn index c7c8ed56..7aac5578 100644 --- a/news/2011-q2-ps.mdwn +++ b/news/2011-q2-ps.mdwn @@ -70,12 +70,9 @@ the more common misunderstandings. * **GNU/Hurd supports X.Org, though a bit unstable**: X support has been present for ages (anyone remember - [1998's XFree86](http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/hurd/hurd_video.c?rev=1.1&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup)?); - and X.Org also has been supported for a long time. - (It's even mentioned in the - [X.Org 7.2 release announcement](http://www.x.org/wiki/Other/Press/X11R72Released?action=show&redirect=PressReleases%2FX11R72Released).) - It is true though that many modern drivers do not work anymore, - as they require DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) support now; + [1998's XFree86](http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/hurd/hurd_video.c?rev=1.1&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup)?). + It is true though that many modern graphic card drivers don't work anymore, + as they require DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) support, so often only VESA is available. Also, X on the Hurd is [[somewhat_unstable|hurd/status]]. |