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The XFree86 Project, Inc is a non-profit organisation that produces XFree86. XFree86 is a freely redistributable implementation of the X Window System that runs on UNIX(R) and UNIX-like operating systems (and OS/2). The XFree86 Project has traditionally focused on Intel x86-based platforms (which is where the `86' in our name comes from), but our current release also supports other platforms. One of our current goals is to increase the range of platforms that XFree86 runs on.
XFree86-3.3.3.1
[January 1999]XFree86-3.3.3.1 is now available!
This is mainly a maintanance release that fixes a few problems with XFree86 3.3.3. If you are having problems with a prior release, please try XFree86-3.3.3.1 first before asking for help.
Highlights of the new release include
Check the XFree86-3.3.3.1 documentation for more details. Installation instructions can be found in the Release Notes.
- A system clock slowdown caused by 3Dlabs driver has been fixed
- The Matrox G100/G200 PCI versions should now be fully supported
- Open Source NVIDIA driver has been included
- DG/ux support has been added
- GNU/Hurd support has been added
- Several XINPUT problems have been addressed
- Several small fixes to core clients
- Several drawing bugs have been fixed
Red Hat and Precision Insight
[October 1998]Red Hat Inc. and Presicion Insight Inc. have contributed their NeoMagic driver to XFree86 for inclusion in the XFree86 3.3.3 release. They are also working on some 3D infrastructure. More details are available on our major contributors page.
Information about plans for future XFree86 releases
[October 1998]Some information about plans for future XFree86 releases is now available.
X11 licensing and X11R6.4
[20 September 1998]According to information on The Open Group website, the licensing of X11R6.4 has been changed back to the traditional X Window Style Copyright. Therefore we are planning to include X11R6.4 into our XFree86-4.0 release.
[7 April 1998]
In response to the recent change in X11 licensing by The Open Group (TOG), XFree86 has decided to continue development based on the freely available X11R6.3 sample implementation. For further details, see our press release on this subject.
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