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X410 – X Server for Windows 10

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Re: X410 – X Server for Windows 10

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Post by 29athrowaway »

DonHopkins wrote: post #65
29athrowaway wrote: post #28

I hope this motivates people to fully transition to Linux. There's a lot of FUD around Linux. Just install it and see for yourself. You'll never need Windows again.

Your table is ready for you, sir. https://web.archive.org/web/20050924142700/http://reddit.com... Did you know that Voyager 1 has just reached the edge of the solar system after 28 years in space, while Microsoft's nightmare inches closer to reality??!

To make your Internet wayback machine experience more immersive, keep using Windows. The sluggish performance will make you feel just like in the 90s.

Re: X410 – X Server for Windows 10

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Post by Jonnax »

29athrowaway wrote: post #28

I hope this motivates people to fully transition to Linux. There's a lot of FUD around Linux. Just install it and see for yourself. You'll never need Windows again.

What if I want to play a game? I gotta hope proton supports it.

Or use Photoshop, Lightroom or any other non Linux creative application. I guess I gotta learn the free alternatives.

Also how's video acceleration in the browsers? Can I play a 4k60fps video?

Is there HDR support?

I use Linux everyday. But misrepresenting the desktop experience isn't going to get people to switch.

Re: X410 – X Server for Windows 10

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Post by 29athrowaway »

Jonnax wrote: post #82
29athrowaway wrote: post #28

I hope this motivates people to fully transition to Linux. There's a lot of FUD around Linux. Just install it and see for yourself. You'll never need Windows again.

What if I want to play a game? I gotta hope proton supports it. Or use Photoshop, Lightroom or any other non Linux creative application. I guess I gotta learn the free alternatives. Also how's video acceleration in the browsers? Can I play a 4k60fps video? Is there HDR support? I use Linux everyday. But misrepresenting the desktop experience isn't going to get people to switch.

You will be playing your favorite game with HDR enabled, and suddenly... it's auto update time! See you in 30 minutes.

I just watched a 4k60 fps YouTube video just fine.

I am surprised you didn't mention office suites. Softmaker Office/FreeOffice are very similar to MS Office, just 99.9% more responsive and less bloated.

Re: X410 – X Server for Windows 10

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Post by mrmonkeyman »

ethanwillis wrote: post #69
RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The most successful open source company ever (RedHat) made their whole business packaging up open source in a nice manner. People will pay for convenience and polish. Also, i would guess that Windows users are not likely to be free software purists and just wants something that works with a minimum of fuss. The price of software should be based on the value it provides to the user, not on what it cost to make it.

In general.. if things are being priced then the price should be based on what it costs to make it.. for the price floor. Otherwise you get a lot of perverse incentives.

Perverse incentives: - securing the future of the company - livable wages for everyone involved

Re: X410 – X Server for Windows 10

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Post by pasokan »

int_19h wrote: post #18
joyfulmantis wrote: post #9

They are asking $50 for something that there are other open source solutions for. It would be interesting to find out how much of the original source code is the developers and how much is just repackaging of one of the multitude of open source X servers for Windows that are currently available. Originally thinking it was another open source project, I looked at the website to see if there were some features that wou…

They used to sell it for much cheaper - way back when I got it, I'm pretty sure it was under $10. If they raised it that much, surely that's a sign of demand? I have little doubt that it's a polished fork, but what ultimately matters is the value added - in this case, the value is, "it just works". The only thing I had to do manually was to configure DISPLAY=:0 system-wide in my WSL.

Can you please tell me the exact location of the file to configure the system-wide WSL?

Would it be the equivalent of /etc/profile?

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