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XFree86 4.3.0 in Debian Unstable

Posted by michael on from the hurray dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "XFree86 4.3.0 has finally made it into Debian unstable. See the announcement." Note that Direct Rendering is broken (there's already a bug filed, and I'm experiencing the same problem - looks like something small and stupid, affecting everyone), so don't dist-upgrade just yet.

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  1. This is fantastic by klupo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well that's great I just finished gettting my 2.2 kernel working and now this

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  2. Good old debian by kinnell · · Score: 5, Funny

    This highlights one of the great advantages of debian - by the time they're ready to upgrade to version 4.4, all this licensing fiasco will be gone and forgotten.

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  3. Woohoo! by MrHanky · · Score: 5, Funny

    And because of XFree86's license change, Debian will now be as up to date as all the other distros. In your face, Gentoo zealots!

  4. Could you rephrase that? by UnknowingFool · · Score: 2, Funny
    XFree86 4.3.0 in Debian Unstable

    ./ editors should better proof-read those headlines. When I first read that headline, I expected a flame war.

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