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The long awaited version 6.8.0 of the X.org implementation of the X Window System will be announced and available today. Development has finally moving rapidly forward after years of stagnation.
The latest version of the essential Linux building block that handles screen rendering, keyboard input and other important underlying parts of any Linux Desktop system has many significant improvements.
X11R6.8.0 is a free Open Source version of the X Window System, runnable on most UNIX(R) and UNIX-like operating systems (such as Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris x86, NetBSD and OpenBSD).
The X.Org Foundation is expected to make an announcement later today and make the sources available for download shortly.
Xfree86 had two things going wrong for it. Updates didn't really come into being, and when the licensed change the rest died off.
I remember arguements back in 2001 shortly after OSX came out, about trying to get decent hardware acceleration, and shadows built into the x server and having the XFree86 team ignore those people.
A long time coming. In a few short months X.org has jumped ahead tremendously. Now all we need is a good stable release .
"Amen, brother, amen" rumbles from the choir stalls. (-:
I think with a bit of momentum behind it, hardware manufacturers will be more inclined to contribute. Maybe we should make a point of sending around a set of screenshots to every manufacturer's forums and tech contacts every month: this is how your card compares right now using FOSS drivers, and we'd like you to help make it even better.
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I remember arguements back in 2001 shortly after OSX came out, about trying to get decent hardware acceleration, and shadows built into the x server and having the XFree86 team ignore those people.
A long time coming. In a few short months X.org has jumped ahead tremendously. Now all we need is a good stable release .