On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 05:17:13PM +1000, Nicholas Kaye-Smith wrote: >I'm a little bewildered by X.org and Xfree86 so I have a few questions: >1. How are they different? (especially since they are both implementations >of the x window system) >2. Is Xfree86 still being developed? >3. Does XFree86 support things like composite extensions? >4. If they are implementations of the x windows system, then what is the x >window system? Simply an idea or is there code available for the x window >system? They are implementations, with extensions, of a "idea" that has at its core a well-specified network transparent window system. This well-specified core is usually referred to as the X Window System Protocol. XFree86 is still being developed. XFree86 has been in existence as an independent volunteer organisation since 1992. There have been various incarnations of a vendor-sponsored X group (currently x.org) on and off for a while. David _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
