kartik@nms.hls.COM (Kartik Chandrasekhar) (06/21/91)
Having just undergone the travails of building and installing the MIT version of X11R4 (5 hours), on our SUN 4/370 server, I am curious to know if I gained anything over SUN's X11. In other words a comparison of the two is what I am looking for. I will be thankful if somebody can post it or mail it direct to me. kartik kartik@hls.com I
mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU (der Mouse) (06/21/91)
> Having just undergone the travails of building and installing the MIT > version of X11R4 (5 hours), on our SUN 4/370 server, I am curious to > know if I gained anything over SUN's X11. (I assume that should be "Sun's".) Sigh. Should this perhaps be in the FAQ? We just went through this once.... Pluses for MIT X: - Smaller server - Full source available free - Support via the net - Runs on more than Suns - Up to date Pluses for Sun X: - PostScript interpreter in the server - Takes advantage of hardware accelerators - Possible warm fuzzy feeling from running vendor-supplied stuff Minuses for MIT X: - You need enough disk space to build the distribution Minuses for Sun X: - Server is (comparatively) big and slow - Source costs many $ - What support is available costs many $ - Tends to be about a release behind the times As far as I can tell that's about it. Naturally you will have to decide for yourself how much weight the various pluses and minuses have in your environment. der Mouse old: mcgill-vision!mouse new: mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu