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Re: server X


Sergey Okhapkin <sos@prospect.com.ru> writes:

> Porting _Xfree86_ to win32 is a bad idea, because Xfree86 requires direct 
> video hardware access.

Could you expand on this further?  Why is direct video hardware access
more of a problem under windows than it is under Unix?
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