From:	garbanzo AT hooked DOT net (Alex)
Subject:	Re: X11R6.3 binaries
13 Nov 1997 15:50:09 -0800 :
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References:	<199711121320 DOT NAA20814 AT out5 DOT ibm DOT net>
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To:	vischne AT ibm DOT net
Cc:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

On Wed, 12 Nov 1997 vischne AT ibm DOT net wrote:

> All this talk about X11R6.3.  I think it's really impressive, but there is
> one loose thread:  In Linux and other Unix flavors, you have a local
> loopback so that the X-server doesn't have to use the network to start up.
> It would make an enormous difference on useability of the X libraries if
> some localhost hack were built into the system.

Perhaps I missed something, but doesn't 127.0.0.1 work as a loopback
device (it seems to for me, but I haven't tried X)?

- alex

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