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X.Org Server

X.Org Server
X.Org Server logo
Developer(s)X.Org Foundation
Initial release6 April 2004; 8 years ago (2004-04-06)[1]
Stable release1.14.0 (March 5, 2013; 17 days ago (2013-03-05)[2]) [±] [±]
Preview release1.14 RC1 (December 19, 2012; 3 months ago (2012-12-19)[3]) [±] [±]
Written inC
Operating systemCross-platform
Available inEnglish
TypeX server
LicenseX11 License
Websitewww.x.org

X.Org Server refers to the X server release packages stewarded by the X.Org Foundation, which is hosted by freedesktop.org, and grants public access to the standard X Window releases for the efforts of the free and open source software community.

The services with which the X.Org Foundation supports X Server include the packaging of the releases; certification (for a fee); evaluation of improvements to the code; developing the web site, and handling the distribution of monetary donations.[citation needed] The releases are coded, documented, and packaged by global developers[clarification needed].

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History

Main article: Release history of the X Window System

The modern X.Org Foundation came into being in 2004 when the body that oversaw X standards and published the official reference implementation joined forces with former XFree86 developers.

X11R6.7.0, the first version of the X.Org Server, was forked from XFree86 4.4 RC2. The immediate reason for the fork was a disagreement with the new license for the final release version of XFree86 4.4, but several disagreements among the contributors surfaced prior to the split. Many of the previous XFree86 developers have joined the X.Org Server project.

The X11R6.9.0/X11R7.0.0 release primarily added a modular build system based on the GNU Autotools. 6.9.0 used the old imake build system whereas 7.0.0 uses autotools, both on the same codebase. The modular path (using GNU Autotools) is however the future direction of the X.Org server, and also saw the X11 binaries moving out of their own /usr/X11R6 subdirectory tree and into the global /usr tree on many Unix systems.

Adoption

The X.Org Server is popular with the free software Unix-like operating systems, being adopted in most Linux distributions and BSD variants. It is also included in Sun Microsystems's Solaris, and is the de facto server for x86 systems; SPARC-based systems almost exclusively use Sun Microsystems's proprietary Xsun server, as Sun graphics driver support for X.Org is very limited. It is also used in Cygwin/X, Cygwin's implementation of the X server for Microsoft Windows, VcXsrv and in Xming. Mac OS X versions prior to 10.5 ("Leopard") ship with an XFree86-based server, but 10.5's X server is based on the X.Org codebase.[4]

See also

Portal iconFree software portal
  • Reference implementation – part of a standard release package
  • X window manager – a package that is deliberately kept separate from the X server package
  • X video extension
  • evdev
  • X11.app
  • XFree86
  • Xgl
  • xorg.conf
  • KDrive – now part of X.Org
  • Xenocara
  • Wayland (display server protocol) – An alternative display system and protocol, planned to replace X Windowing System eventually in some Linux distributions.

References

  1. ^ "X.Org Foundation releases X Window System X11R6.7". Linux Weekly News. 2004-04-07. http://lwn.net/Articles/79302/. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  2. ^ Dew, Matt (2013-03-05). "xorg-server 1.13.1". xorg-announce. http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-anno unce/2013-March/002179.html. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
  3. ^ Packard, Keith (2012-12-19). "xorg-server 1.13.99.901 (1.14 RC1)". xorg-announce. http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-anno unce/2012-December/002106.html. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
  4. ^ Re: Xorg in Leopard?, From: Ben Byer, Date: 29 June 2007, Apple Mailing Lists

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