lacsap@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Pascal Chesnais) (02/18/90)
Given that a lot of copies of XNeXT will be derived from the distribution on orst here is a list of "Bewares": The distribution is meant to complement the official X distribution. Man pages, documentation and sources (minus the XNeXT server sources as explained in the README.wn file) are available from normal X distributions. The installation scripts are probably broken, and library files needed to compile your own clients are ommited. They will be present in the official release. Finally I can not emphasize how important it is *not* to redistribute the "unofficial" distribution of XNeXT. It will cause eventual grief for people who get it without the above warnings. It would really be good if people could sit back and wait for the "official" word. The only thing that the broken distribution gives you is an X server that is a behaves better than the demo one. pasc -- Pascal Chesnais, Research Specialist, Electronic Publishing Group Media Laboratory, E15-348, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Ma, 02139 (617) 253-0311 NeXTmail: lacsap@plethora.media.mit.edu
murphy@pur-phy (William J. Murphy) (02/19/90)
In article <1654@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> lacsap@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Pascal Chesnais) writes: > >Given that a lot of copies of XNeXT will be derived from the distribution >on orst here is a list of "Bewares": > >The distribution is meant to complement the official X distribution. Man pages, >documentation and sources (minus the XNeXT server sources as explained in >the README.wn file) are available from normal X distributions. Given the release of a preliminary XNeXT and the imminent release of XNeXT, does anyone know of a XWindows implementation that might be used under **%#@*&^ GAG!! ACCKK!@ MS-DOS PHHPTH! ? Sorry, one more time, MS-DOS? We have an ethernet to the NeXT, is there any way to run a GUI over ethernet to DOS? Well, it is only a question, please refrain from any deragotory remarks concerning DOS. I didn't write DOS and have little choice over using it. Just the facts maam. Thanks, -- Bill Murphy murphy@newton.physics.purdue.edu Enjoying my Amiga 2000, but holding out for a real computer: The Amiga 3000!!