1276N/AX11R7.7 is an Open Source version of the X Window System that supports many
1056N/AUNIX® and UNIX-like operating systems (such as Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD,
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1056N/A The current development tree
1276N/AX11R7.7 is the eighth release in the X11R7 series.
1056N/ASpecific release enhancements can be viewed in the Release Notes.
1056N/AMost modern PC video hardware is supported in this release, and most PC video
1056N/Ahardware that isn't supported explicitly can be used with the "vesa" driver.
1276N/AThe Release Notes has a table showing the drivers provided with X11R7.7, and
1056N/Alinks to related documentation.
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1056N/AThe X11 version numbering system (including historical information) can be
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1276N/AInformation about X11R7.7 can be found from the
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1276N/AThis is the eighth release of the new modular source code tree. The source code
1276N/Ahas been split into nine logical modules: app, data, doc, driver, font, lib.
1276N/Aproto, util and xserver. Each of these modules contain one or more packages
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