X.org vs XFree86 (was: [Eug-lug] Knoppix 3.7)

[T. Joseph CARTER]

On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 06:19:01PM -0800, dsoper at continet.com wrote:
> > Nifty features like true alpha transparency are in the works for 
> > X.org... should be one to watch in this year. :)
> 
> True alpha transparency kinda works now-- if you've got the processing
> power to make it go.  It seems like font antialiasing is *much* better
> in x.org, and, at least on my boxen seems to be faster and more stable.
> Also, if you are a Windowmaker diehard, I think the latest Windowmaker
> requires x.org; at least I haven't been able to get Windowmaker .9x to
> build under xfree.

It probably comes as no surprise at all that I loved wmaker, given my
current OS preferences.

Does wmaker integrate with current incarnations of Gnome as well as it did
with 1.4?  It was a great WM for Gnome 1.4, but it didn't work right with
2.0/2.2 back in the day.