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authorThomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name>2011-10-10 17:25:55 +0200
committerThomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name>2011-10-10 17:25:55 +0200
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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).
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@@ -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]].