XFree86
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XFree86 is an implementation of the X Window System. It was originally written for Unix-like operating systems on IBM PC compatibles and was available for many other operating systems and platforms. It is free and open source software under the XFree86 License version 1.1. It was developed by the XFree86 Project, Inc. The lead developer was David Dawes. The last released version was 4.8.0, released December 2008. The last XFree86 CVS commit was made on May 18, 2009; the project was confirmed dormant in December 2011.
Key facts
- Software.name
- XFree86
- Software.logo
- Xfree86.logo.gif
- Software.logo size
- 128px
- Software.developer
- The XFree86 Project, Inc.
- Software.released
- (as X386)
- Software.discontinued
- yes
- Software.latest release version
- 4.8.0
- Software.programming language
- C
- Software.operating system
- Cross-platform
- Software.language
- Various
- Software.genre
- Display server
- Software.license
- XFree86 License 1.1
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- abandonware
- Official website
- xfree86.org
- Image
- Xf86 glxgears.png
- Has use
- display server
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- programmed in
- C
- publication date
- 1992-05-07
- software version identifier
- 1.2e 1.0
- implementation of
- X Window System
- replaced by
- X.Org Server
- operating system
- Unix-like operating system
- source code repository URL
- cvs://[email protected]:/cvs
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Usage
- Architecture
- History
- Early history and naming
- Rise with Linux
- 2002: Growing dissent within the project
- 2003: The fork and the disbanding of the Core Team
- 2004: Licensing controversy
- Forks of XFree86
- Xwin
- Xouvert
- X.Org
- Release history
- See also
- References
- External links
XFree86 is an implementation of the X Window System. It was originally written for Unix-like operating systems on IBM PC compatibles and was available for many other operating systems and platforms. It is free and open source software under the XFree86 License version 1.1. It was developed by the XFree86 Project, Inc. The lead developer was David Dawes. The last released version was 4.8.0, released December 2008. The last XFree86 CVS commit was made on May 18, 2009; the project was confirmed dormant in December 2011.
For most of the 1990s and early 2000s, the project was the source of most innovation in X and was the de facto steward of X development. Until early 2004, it was almost universal on Linux and the BSDs.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “XFree86” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.