GPL'd XServer for Windows

david at prometheus.com.au david at prometheus.com.au
Sat Aug 25 17:00:19 EST 2001


Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
> 
> Rasjid wrote:
> >
> > Anyone wanting to have a look at a little project of mine, please visit
> > http://www.users.bigpond.com/rasjidw/
> 
> This is a good idea, I will try it now...
> 
> Since the package is targeted at W32, I think a zip format is more
> appropriate
> for people that do not already have the required gzip/tar installed.
> 
> --
> Eyal Lebedinsky (eyal at eyal.emu.id.au) <http://samba.anu.edu.au/eyal/>

I don't think this is a problem. Winzip understands gzip/tar . I don't
know about other zips for MS-Windows, but Winzip seems to be by far the
most popular. I have found that gzip/tar usually compresses a bit better
than zip, which might be relevant for people downloading on slow links.




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