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XFree86 4.3.0 Released

Posted by michael on from the don't-have-to-turn-head-90-degrees-anymore dept.

Dunkalis writes "The latest version of XFree86, 4.3.0, has been released! Release notes here, mirrors here. Enhancements include drivers for newer Radeons, better PS/2 protocol detection, the XRandR extension, better font support, and more!" Source tarballs are available, or wait for your distribution to package them...

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  1. Great... by loucura! · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm going to have to endure ANOTHER 15 hour build of XFree when I go to emerge something innocuous...

    I REALLY need to remember emerge -p

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  2. well... by itallushrt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its about damn time. I mean what are these people just doing this in thier spare time or what? =)

  3. Another blown weekend.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Man, I'll probably spend so much time compiling and configuring this weekend without graphics, I'll ony get to wank to ASCII art on the console....

    1. Re:Another blown weekend.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Consider yourself LUCKY. Back in my day, we didn't have ASCII. I had to wank to hexidecimal.

    2. Re:Another blown weekend.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I once got my winkle stuck in the gears of a Differential Engine while wanking to kinky Victorian computer porn. It was painful.

  4. Excellent! by Ignorant+Aardvark · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is excellently timed to the release of Nethack 3.4.1 - now I can play it in all of its black and white glory!

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  5. OS/2 binaries here by dryeo · · Score: 4, Funny

    ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/xfree86/4.3.0/

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    1. Re:OS/2 binaries here by Billly+Gates · · Score: 4, Funny
      All 8 of us are happy!

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  6. Re:and gentoo users.... by dolson · · Score: 4, Funny

    Since yesterday? You mean you got a head start yesterday. You'll still be emerging it when Debian Stable gets it. ;)

  7. Syntax Highlighting and Lisp in Xedit? by eGabriel · · Score: 4, Funny

    I never thought the day would come. Watch out, Gnome and KDE, Athena is coming back! Er. Maybe not.

    I thought maybe this was a joke... crazy.

  8. funding by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You know you can get federal money to protect your home from Radeon.

  9. Re:Changes by IIRCAFAIKIANAL · · Score: 2, Funny

    Forget emacs, what about NetHack? I'll be able to tell people that the graphics are anti-aliased now. I might trick someone into picking up a new addiction.

    Incidently, has anyone rolled Nethack into Emacs yet? I'm a vi user myself, but I hear emacs is quite, uhm, complete =)

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  10. Re:Oh, c'mon. by grimsweep · · Score: 2, Funny
    That would be an insidious virus. Reads the XFree86 monitor definitions, attempts to overscan based on the monitor types, and poof.

    It'd also be rather ammusing to watch it propagate through a cubicle office. (Not to mention the ensuing cries of anguish)

    Thankfully, most modern monitors protect against this...

  11. Re:Changes by blair1q · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ohhhhhhh baby!

    Rogue(6) at 23,485.5 FPS!