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X.Org 6.8.2 is Out

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-your-download-on dept.

ertz writes "The X.Org Foundation today announced the fourth release of the X Window System since the formation of the Foundation in January of 2004. The new X.Org release, called X Window System Version 11, Release 6.8.2 (X11R6.8.2) builds on the work of X.org X11R6.8.0 and X11R6.8.1 released in 2004. X11R6.8.2 combines the latest developments from many people and companies working with the X Window System and an open X.Org Foundation Release Team. All Official X.Org Releases are available for download from the ftp site and at mirror-sites world-wide."

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  1. Why this matters: by RailGunner · · Score: 0, Redundant
    About this Release:

    The X11R6.8.2 release is intended to be a stable bug fix release ("Maintenance update") for the X11R6.8.0 and X11R6.8.1 X11 releases of the Xorg Foundation, containing bug fixes, security updates and a small set of new features, which include the following:

    * ATI R100 video driver
    * ATI "radeon" video driver
    * ATI Rage128 video driver
    * CYGWIN infrastructure update
    * DMX Library updates
    * Intel i810 video driver
    * libXpm security update (CAN-2004-0914)
    * Mesa (OpenGL) update to release 6.2
    * Fixes to the pseudocolor emulation layer (currently only used by the Neomagic driver.)
    * "nv" (Nvidia) video driver
    * Postscript print driver
    * Xprint infrastructure update

    Please refer to the X11R6.8.2 Release Notes at http://www.x.org/ for further details. The full list of changes between the initial X11R6.8.0 and this release can be found in the Changelog.