Re: X Windows for Hurd

[Brent Fulgham]

On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 02:02:05PM +1100, James Buchanan wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> I am batting around the idea of a Hurd distribution, like Red Hat and 
> all the rest do their own Linux distributions.
> 
> Correct me if I'm wrong, there is no X server that is compiled ready 
> for the Hurd? If not, I'm going to try to compile XFree86 on the Hurd 
> and see what happens (when I actually get the Hurd installed...) 
> and try and run a desktop wm, I rather like AfterStep.
> 
You're wrong. ;-)

Both X 3-series (with patches) and X 4.0.1 work under Hurd now.
Check the debian-hurd mailing lists at http://www.debian.org
for details.  We've got server, library, and lots of X packages
already in place.

In fact, if you are looking to build a little Hurd distribution,
I'd encourage you to take our archive as the basis.  Just contribute
back any modifications you find useful for getting things to
build.  There are no licensing fees or redistribution limitations.

Regards,

-Brent