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> Metro-X Server I have never heard of this! I have always used XFree86 (later forked to Xorg) as far back as I can remember. From what I can find, this was a
by djsumdog 7y ago
> Metro-X Server
I have never heard of this! I have always used XFree86 (later forked to Xorg) as far back as I can remember. From what I can find, this was a commercial/closed source server that shipped for $99. There doesn't seem to be much info it.
- trm42 7y agohttps://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2299 https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2299 http://ictbanking.com/LJ/035/1374.html http://ictbanking.com/LJ/035/1374.html Actually Metro-X server sounds quite cool for its time. Multi-display support, X-based GUI for configuration (anyone remember xf86config stuff?)... I actually bought the Red Hat Linux 3.0.3 (and used it and its successors Until Red Hat 7) but the Metro-X didn't support my video card so I was stuck with the XFree86. Does anyone know if the later Redhat versions (than 3.0.3) offered Metro-X? Probably not in the free, downloadable ISOs but was it bundled in the sold CDs or was this one time thing only?
- jchw 7y ago> anyone remember xf86config stuff? Wow, yeah. I also remember the YaST X configuration tool that shipped with SuSE.
- weare138 7y agoI remember Metro-X. It supported several video cards Xfree86 didn't support back then so if you wanted to use newer video cards you had to "acquire" a copy of Metro-X. What's weird it wasn't the only proprietary software commonly used back then. Before drivers for Sound Blaster 16 cards were mainlined in the 2.x kernel we had to use Open Sound System which was commercial software made by this company called 4Front that had a free version.