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An open source implementation of the X Window System that has been ported to OS/2 as simply XFree86OS/2, and can be run as an alternative graphical shell or as a task. It is primarily used on UNIX like systems but is or has been available for systems as diverse as embedded microkernel systems, DesqviewX and Microsoft Windows. On OS/2 and MS Windows it is primarily used to simplify the porting of applications from UNIX like systems, so is almost used as a graphics library rather than as a windows system.

It should be noted that in X Windows parlance, and therefore in XFree86 as well, the terms "Client" and "Server" have the exact opposite meaning to what the rest of the world thinks they mean.

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Publications

Holger Veit: Notes on Rebuilding XFree86®/OS2 from Scratch - Old document that has now been deleted from the Xfree86 server for some reason. - From Archive.org
Chris Wenham: Installing XFree86 in OS/2 - From the now defunct OS/2 e-Zine - Archive copy from Archive.org

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	An open source implementation of the [[X Window System]] that has been ported to OS/2 as simply '''XFree86OS/2''', and can be run as an alternative graphical shell or as a task. It is primarily used on [[UNIX]] like systems but is available for systems as diverse as embedded microkernel systems, [[DesqviewX]] and [[Microsoft Windows]]~~, on~~ OS/2 and MS Windows it is primarily used to simplify the porting of applications from UNIX like systems, so is almost used as a graphics library rather than as a windows system.		An open source implementation of the [[X Window System]] that has been ported to OS/2 as simply '''XFree86OS/2''', and can be run as an alternative graphical shell or as a task. It is primarily used on [[UNIX]] like systems but is or has been available for systems as diverse as embedded microkernel systems, [[DesqviewX]] and [[Microsoft Windows]]. On OS/2 and MS Windows it is primarily used to simplify the porting of applications from UNIX like systems, so is almost used as a graphics library rather than as a windows system.

	It should be noted that in X Windows parlance, and therefore in XFree86 as well, the terms "Client" and "Server" have the exact opposite meaning to what the rest of the world thinks they mean.		It should be noted that in X Windows parlance, and therefore in XFree86 as well, the terms "Client" and "Server" have the exact opposite meaning to what the rest of the world thinks they mean.