[Xorg] Differences between Xorg and Xserver
Jim Gettys
Jim.Gettys at hp.com
Thu Jul 29 07:50:11 PDT 2004
On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 10:10, Sean Middleditch wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 06:14, Amir Bukhari wrote:
> > I noticed that both X implementations uses this mailing list. What the
> > differences between them. Is Xserver the feature X Implementation for Xorg?
>
> There is no software called XServer. The XServer CVS/project hosts
> experimental code. It hosts the KDrive based X server, for example.
> That software is *not* for end-users; it's for developers, testers, and
> experimenters.
>
One nit: those using embedded devices use kdrive based servers
typically; certainly developers of such devices are interested
in these bits, even if they are not developers of X itself.
Hopefully we'll get all this pulled back together again over
the next 6 months or so...
- Jim
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