MD> Sorry for the OT post, but I am allergic to misinformation. ;)
MD> ashridah wrote:
>> i don't particularly like xfs. don't know why. seems a little useless to
>> have a server for one box.
>> perhaps for diskless Xterminals, maybe. nevertheless.
MD> A font server makes a lot of sense even on a single machine for a lot of
MD> reasons including:
MD> - you can use one font server for several X servers
MD> - doesn't block the X server while rasterizing fonts (most noticeable with TT
MD> fonts)
Another reason to use font server:
I've seen XFree86 4.02 X server to crash when WINE have calculated
font metrics for TTF fonts.
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