Changeset e77976f for x/installing/installing.xml

Timestamp:

04/09/2006 04:06:53 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Randy McMurchy <randy@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.0-rc1, 6.2.0-rc2, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

ef04308d

Parents:

76e4c4f

Message:

Changed all the references to X Window System links to a common entity displayed as 'X Window System' - now if there is ever an addition or removal of one of the X packages, an update in only one place will be required

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@5825 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• x/installing/installing.xml (modified) (1 diff)

x/installing/installing.xml

@@ -6 +6 @@
 ]>
 
-<chapter id="x-installing">
+<chapter id="x-window-system" xreflabel="X Window System">
   <?dbhtml filename="installing.html" ?>
 
   <title>X Window System Environment</title>
 
-  <para>This chapter contains a graphical user environment.</para>
+  <para>This chapter contains instructions to build and configure a graphical
+  user environment. You will need to choose one of the three packages in BLFS
+  that implements the <application>X Window System</application>:
+  <application>Xorg</application> X11R6 or X11R7 (<xref linkend="xorg"/> or
+  <xref linkend="xorg7"/>), or <application>XFree86</application>
+  (<xref linkend="xfree86"/>). These packages are all quite similar. In fact,
+  the base system of <application>Xorg</application> is
+  <application>XFree86</application>-4.4.0RC2. Differences in the licensing
+  philosophies was the original reason for the split.</para>
+
+  <para>A second reason for the forking of <application>X</application>
+  packages is the stated goals of the developers. Some developers were unhappy
+  with the administration and progress of <application>XFree86</application>.
+  The X.org Foundation's future plans include significant improvements to the
+  internals of the system and more frequent releases.</para>
+
+  <para><application>Xorg</application>-&xorg7-version; introduces a completely
+  autotooled build system, but is otherwise the same codebase as
+  <application>Xorg</application>-&xorg-version;. Most large commercial
+  distributions have decided to use the <application>Xorg</application>
+  package, but several still provide <application>XFree86</application>.</para>
+
+  <para><application>XFree86</application> continues to be a solid,
+  conservative application with excellent driver support.</para>
+
 
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="xorg.xml"/>