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XFree86 10 Years Old

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the way-to-go-everyone dept.

ChazeFroy writes "XFree86 is now 10 years old. To quote from the page, 'What makes this particularly eventful is that it is fully backwards compatible; this is a true testament to the spirit of the original X protocol of which XFree86 is its finest implementation.'" Ten years and still binary compatible. Very cool.

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  1. Still binary compatible.... and.... by Geek+Boy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    still a monolith!

    While X has some nice features which are still not found anywhere else, maybe it's time for a change.