What and Where is XFree86?

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## 1. What and Where is XFree86?

XFree86 is a port of X11R6.3 that supports several versions of Intel-based Unix. It is derived from X386 1.2, which was the X server distributed with X11R5. This release consists of many new features and performance improvements as well as many bug fixes. The release is available as source patches against the X Consortium X11R6.3 code, as well as binary distributions for many architectures.

See the Copyright Notice in Copyright Notice.

The sources for XFree86 are available by anonymous ftp from:

ftp://ftp.XFree86.org/pub/XFree86/current

Binaries of the 3.3 release for LynxOS AT are available from:

ftp://ftp.XFree86.org/pub/XFree86/current/binaries/LynxOS

The binaries are built on `LynxOS 2.5.0 012797-G i386'. These binaries don't run on earlier LynxOS versions because of the changes made to the networking code in LynxOS 2.5.0. This XFree86 version has never been tested on LynxOS versions earlier than 2.3.0.

XFree86 supports LynxOS on the AT, on the microSPARC and on the PowerPC platform. X servers are currently available on the AT and microSPARC platform. Refer to section Building on microSPARC and PowerPC for details on XFree86 on the non-AT platforms.

If you need binaries for other platforms than the one on the XFree86 FTP server contact me (tm@systrix.de).

Send email to tm@systrix.de (Thomas Mueller) or XFree86@XFree86.org if you have comments or suggestions about this file and we'll revise it.

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