On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 01:58:23AM +0100, Nick Boyce wrote: > I'm still using the Xfree86 4.1.0-16 packages that came with my > Woody/i386 system, but thinking about replacing them with one of the > several later versions various kind souls have backported to Woody. > > But I've kind of lost track of which backport is most favoured by > residents of this list, so has anyone got any recommendations ? > > I see from www.apt-get.org that there are *many* options here - several > different versions of Xfree86 4.2.1 - one claiming to be IPv6-ready !, > and one described as "Branden's 4.2.1 backported to Woody" so I infer > that's as "official" as it gets - and then there's Daniel Stone's > backport of 4.3.0, but is this too bleeding-edge for fainthearts such > as me ;-) ? > > The "latest" 4.2.1 listed at apt-get.org is V4.2.1-8 by Norbert > Tretkowski, although on his page at http://people.debian.org/~nobse he > only lists a 4.3.0 port. > > [ http://www.apt-get.org/search.php?query=xfree86&arch%5B%5D=i386 ] > > I'd favour stability and/or performance over fancy features - oh, and my > card is a PCI Voodoo 3. > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions, or experience. > > Nick Boyce > Bristol, UK > >
I've been running the official testing version of 4.2.1-6 on a testing system for quite some time without incident (assuming my font problems are from somewhere else). Note the KDE wiki page warns that one particular version (4.2.1-7?) has a bug, at least for working with KDE.
