X windows and applications advice

[James Griffin]

> On 20 May 2014, at 22:18, Brandon Allbery <allbery.b at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 5:06 PM, Gustavo Seabra <gustavo.seabra at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On May 20, 2014, at 5:44 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
>> > And in case it's not clear, XQuartz is the same software that's available in MacPorts in the xorg-* ports. The versions in MacPorts are just usually a little bit newer. I prefer to install X11 with MacPorts for this reason, and because there will
>> > be less duplication of files.
>> 
>> OK, in this case, what are the advantages (if any) of using XQuartz?
> 
> 
> I find it useful to be able to upgrade MacPorts without having to worry about disturbing X11, since I can more easily upgrade it separately.
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Ok looks like I'm ditching XQuartz and building macports' version. 

Helpful info, thanks everyone. 

Jamie
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