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What is XFree86®?

The XFree86 Project, Inc is a global volunteer organisation which produces XFree86®, a freely redistributable open-source implementation of the X Window System. XFree86 runs primarily on UNIX® and UNIX-like operating systems like Linux, all of the BSD variants, Sun Solaris both native 32 and 64 bit support, Solaris x86, Mac OS X (via Darwin), SGI's Irix as well as other platforms like OS/2 and Cygwin.

XFree86, provides a client/server interface between display hardware (the mouse, keyboard, and video displays) and the desktop environment while also providing both the windowing infrastructure and a standardized application interface (API).

XFree86 is platform-independent, network-transparent and extensible.

In short, XFree86 is an open source X11-based desktop infrastructure with our goals and purpose detailed in our Mission Statement.

New Donations Page

The new XFree86 donations page is up, and now includes buttons for donating to XFree86 via PayPal.

Solid like a Rock: 4.5.0 goes Live

It is on our website and ready to download. 4.5.0 was born on March 16 2005 and the delivery I hear was smooth. Get a copy now. It's just terrific... Details here.

Hosted by ISC

We are generously hosted by Internet Systems Consortium, Inc, a non-profit public benefit corporation, which recently donated some new hardware to our ever growing project. Talk about open source committment!.

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Last Modified: 09 July 2005

course you find something urgent or build-breaking that must go in (there are always exception, of course). But basically we are now in Testing Phase where builds and run-time bug fixes and testing; packaging and documentation updates are mainlined in.

As for what's coming up in 4.5? Go look at the Changelog, some incredble stuff including something called Dynamic Configuration... Stay warm stay inside. Code and test for XFree86, it's the hottest project on the planet.

4.4.0 now Stable

After tremendous testing and community feedback, the 4.4.0 Release is now available for 21 popular platforms.

Many leading-edge distros, see our distro support page for the full breakout, have integrated this latest release into their distribution for those that prefer that venue. For those who distro hasn't you can join the hundreds who are downloading directly and taking freedom into their own hands.

Web Mirrors

Our web site is very busy and often causes timed out connections. The following sites have been verified as being both accurate and reliable in their mirroring process, and so we can happily recommend these for the best access:

We are no longer seeking new web mirrors. Thanks for thinking of us though.

London, United Kingdom

The master web site is located at http://www.XFree86.org/

Download Mirrors

Looking for our download (either ftp or http) mirrors for faster access, see our mirrors page.