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1. What 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 code, as well as binary distributions for many architectures.

The sources for XFree86 are available by anonymous ftp from:

ftp://ftp.XFree86.org/pub/XFree86/current
Solaris binaries for XFree86 are available for anonymous ftp from:
ftp://ftp.XFree86.org/pub/XFree86/current/binaries/Solaris


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