About:
X11, or X, is a vendor-neutral, system-architecture neutral network-transparent window system and user interface standard. In other words, it's a GUI for UNIX. X can use your network -- you may run CPU-intensive programs on high powered workstations and display the user interface (the windows) on inexpensive desktop machines.

Author:
Alan Coopersmith [contact developer]

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8.46/10.00 (5 votes)

Homepage:
http://xorg.freedesktop.org/
Tar/GZ:
http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/X11R7.3/
Tar/BZ2:
http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/X11R7.3/
Changelog:
http://wiki.x.org/wiki/Releases/7.3
Bug tracker:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/
Mailing list archive:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
Mirror site:
http://wiki.x.org/wiki/Mirrors

Trove categories: [change]

[Environment]		X11 Applications
[Intended Audience]		End Users/Desktop
[License]		OSI Approved :: MIT/X Consortium License
[Topic]		System

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 Articles referencing this project

SuSE: New X.org/XFree86 packages fix local code execution by Patrick Lenz , in Security Mon, Jun 16th 2008 12:06 Debian: New xorg-server packages fix several vulnerabilities by Patrick Lenz , in Security Mon, Jun 16th 2008 11:58 Red Hat: Updated xorg-x11-server packages fix several security issues by Patrick Lenz , in Security Mon, Jun 16th 2008 11:55 Red Hat: Updated xorg-x11 packages fix several security issues by Patrick Lenz , in Security Mon, Jun 16th 2008 11:54 Red Hat: An updated X.Org libXfont package fixes a security issue by Patrick Lenz , in Security Sun, Jan 20th 2008 15:59

Red Hat: Updated xorg-x11-server packages fix several security issues by Patrick Lenz , in Security Sun, Jan 20th 2008 15:54 SuSE: New Xorg and XFree packages fix remote code execution by Patrick Lenz , in Security Sun, Jan 20th 2008 09:02 SuSE: New XOrg packages fix local privilege escalation by Patrick Lenz , in Security Sat, Oct 20th 2007 13:05 Debian: New xorg-server packages fix privilege escalation by Patrick Lenz , in Security Tue, Sep 11th 2007 03:07 [more articles]

 Comments

[»] What's the point in using it anyway?
by C. Thompson - Apr 9th 2004 10:50:25

It doesn't offer nothing over XFree86 except updated libraries that any vendor couldn't have done themselves. For now I think it's just vaporware. Just exists for some copyright issues. I think all these people should use their time implementing for example 2D/3D context switching in X so
that I could finally play games with my 3DFX rather than endlessly bitching about copyrights and the "holy GPL."

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[»] X and Xfree!
by loftwyr - Aug 24th 2000 14:49:47

Do not install this over XF86. it's not designed for that. In a few months, XFree.org will have it as part of 4.0 and then it will work properly.

This does not come with any drivers for video cards.

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[»] Re: X and Xfree!
by fallibledragon - Apr 9th 2004 09:53:53


> Do not install this over XF86. it's not
> designed for that. In a few months,
> XFree.org will have it as part of 4.0
> and then it will work properly.
>
> This does not come with any drivers for
> video cards.

Nope, that's how it USED to work. Now, this is pretty much the whole shebang. A quick look at the release notes will confirm the existence of drivers.

But for anyone who's unsure, don't worry -- every major distro is will be packaging this soon enough anyway :)

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