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Add Apps2go as *the* Motif offering to use. XiG's Motif is useless now.

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Add Metro Link's Accelerated X server.  It is IMHO a much nicer offering
than XiG's and supports more cards than XiG does.
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<!-- $Id: commercial.sgml,v 1.3 1998-08-03 15:37:47 wosch Exp $ -->
<!-- $Id: commercial.sgml,v 1.4 1999-03-24 22:00:13 obrien Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect>
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<sect1>
<heading>Where can I get Motif for FreeBSD?</heading>
<p>Contact <ref id="xig" name="Xi Graphics"> for a Motif 2.0
<p>Contact <ref id="apps2go" name="Apps2go"> for an ELF Motif 2.1
distribution for FreeBSD.<label id="apps2go">
<p>This distribution includes:
<itemize>
<item>OSF/Motif manager, xmbind, panner, wsm.
<item>Development kit with uil, mrm, xm, xmcxx, include and Imake
files.
<item>Static and dynamic ELF libraries (for use with FreeBSD 3.0
and above).
<item>Demonstration applets.
</itemize>
<p>Be sure to specify that you want the FreeBSD version of Motif
when ordering! Versions for NetBSD and OpenBSD are also sold by
<em>Apps2go</em>. This is currently a FTP only download.
<descrip>
<tag/More info/
<url url="http://www.apps2go.com/" name="Apps2go WWW page">
<tag/or/ <url url="mailto:sales@apps2go.com" name="Sales"> or
<url url="mailto:support@apps2go.com" name="Support"> email addresses.
<tag/or/ phone (817) 431 8775 or +1 817 431-8775
</descrip>
<p>Contact <ref id="metrox" name="Metro Link"> for an either ELF or
a.out Motif 2.1 distribution for FreeBSD.
<p>This distribution includes:
<itemize>
<item>OSF/Motif manager, xmbind, panner, wsm.
<item>Development kit with uil, mrm, xm, xmcxx, include and Imake
files.
<item>Static and dynamic libraries (specify ELF for use with FreeBSD
3.0 and later; or a.out for use with FreeBSD 2.2.8 and eariler).
<item>Demonstration applets.
<item>Preformatted man pages.
</itemize>
<p>Be sure to specify that you want the FreeBSD version of Motif
when ordering! Versions for Linux are also sold by
<em>Metro Link</em>. This is available on either a CDROM or for
FTP download.
<p>Contact <ref id="xig" name="Xi Graphics"> for an a.out Motif 2.0
distribution for FreeBSD.
<p>This distribution includes:
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<item>Development kit with uil, mrm, xm, xmcxx, include and Imake
files.
<item>Static and dynamic libraries.
<item>Static and dynamic libraries (for use with FreeBSD 2.2.8 and
eariler).
<item>Demonstration applets.
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<p>Contact <ref id="xig" name="Xi Graphics"> for a CDE 1.0.10
distribution for FreeBSD. This includes Motif 1.2.5, and can
be used with Motif 2.0.
be used with a.out Motif 2.0.
<p>This is a unified CDROM distribution for FreeBSD and Linux.
<sect1>
<heading>
Are there any commercial high-performance X servers?<label id="xig">
Are there any commercial high-performance X servers?
</heading>
<p>Yes, <url url="http://www.xig.com" name="Xi Graphics"> sells their
<p>Yes, <url url="http://www.xig.com" name="Xi Graphics"> and
<url url="http://www.metrolink.com" name="Metro Link"> sells
Accelerated-X product for FreeBSD and other Intel based systems.
<label id="xig">
<p>This high performance X Server offers easy configuration, support
<p>The Metro Link offering is a high performance X Server that offers
easy configuration using the FreeBSD Package suite of tools, support
for multiple concurrent video boards and is distributed in binary
form only, in a convienent FTP download. Not to mention the Metro
Link offering is available at the very reasonable price of $39.
<label id="metrox">
<p>Metro Link also sells both ELF and a.out Motif for FreeBSD (see above).
<descrip>
<tag/More info/
<url url="http://www.metrolink.com/" name="Metro Link WWW page">
<tag/or/ <url url="mailto:sales@metrolink.com" name="Sales"> or
<url url="mailto:tech@metrolink.com" name="Support"> email addresses.
<tag/or/ phone (954) 938-0283 or +1 954 938-0283
</descrip>
<p>The Xi Graphics offering is a high performance X Server that offers
easy configuration, support
for multiple concurrent video boards and is distributed in binary
form only, in a unified diskette distribution for FreeBSD and Linux.
Xi Graphics also offers a high performance X Server taylored for
laptop support.
<p>There is a free "compatibility demo" of version 3.1 available.
<p>There is a free "compatibility demo" of version 5.0 available.
<p>Xi Graphics also sells Motif and CDE for FreeBSD (see above).

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name="xf86config"> tool, which assists you in configuring XFree86(tm)
for your particular graphics card/mouse/etc.
<p>You may also wish to investigate the Xaccel server, which is
available at a very reasonable price. See the section on
<ref id="xig" name="Xi Graphics"> for more details.
<p>You may also wish to investigate the Xaccel server.
See the section on <ref id="xig" name="Xi Graphics"> or
<ref id="metrox" name="Metro Link"> for more details.
<sect1>
<heading>Why doesn't my mouse work with X<label id="x-and-moused"></heading>