Re: Accelerated-X ... Comments Please.

[Stefan Miltchev <miltchev panther middlebury edu>]

We have Accelerated-X in our CS lab working with Matrox Millenium II
cards and it is a noticeable speed increase.
> 
> I am considering purchase of Xi Graphic's Accelerated-X.  Can anyone give me
> and advise/suggestions coming from hands on experience?
> 
> Some of the questions I have.
> 
> 1.  Is it worth the money?
So I think it is worth the money.
> 2.  Is it hard to install (relative to XFree86)
I think it is easy to install, however you still need the X libraries.
> 3.  Can you use in on more than one platform on the same subnet?
I guess it is available for Solaris and FreeBSD too as far as I can
remember.
> 4.  How well does it support the latest upgrades do things like KDE, Gnome, etc.
We haven't had too mnay problems, at some point I had an incompatibility
with an older version of jdk on my box with a number Nine Imagine 128.
> 5.  Does it support 3D accelerator cards.
As far as I know you have to go for an XFree  server here.