X11 beta version 0.2

**gigi** · February 10th, 2003, 11:35 PM

Apple has released a new beta version of X11.
You can read about here http://macosnews.info/ (shameless plug)

or at Apples site.

**BitWit** · February 11th, 2003, 12:20 AM

Say that fixes just about everything that I was starting to HATE about it!

**BitWit** · February 11th, 2003, 12:51 AM

Darnit, there's something wrong with the hqx they posted. I'll try again tomorrow.

**BitWit** · February 11th, 2003, 10:12 AM

AAARGH! Am I the only one who cant get the darn hqx to open???

**chabig** · February 11th, 2003, 11:05 AM

Sometimes you can cancel the checksum verification and the dmg will mount.

**BitWit** · February 11th, 2003, 11:57 AM

Im not even getting that far. When I double-click, it just opens Expander breifly with no dialog, then closes it. I put it on my OS9 machine elsewhere to give it a try and got the same results. Is it somehing I can set in the Epander prefs?

**BitWit** · February 11th, 2003, 12:02 PM

Aha, When i tried to get it with Safari, it came in as a dmg.
I must have something in IE set wrong.

**mindbend** · February 11th, 2003, 12:09 PM

Can somebody throw out a list of cool, useful apps that would make X11 worthwhile?

I'm not being a smart aleck, I'm just not familiar with it.

I have tried GIMP through OS X and was thoroughly unimpressed. It cannot touch PhotoShop with a ten foot pole, but at least it's only $25.

For me, for X11 to be worth my trouble, I would need to see apps that can match or beat commercial apps. GIMP ain't it.

Still, it seems very exciting to have all these options and the support of yet another whole underground community.