XFree86

An open source implementation of the X Window System that has been ported to OS/2 as simply XFree86OS/2, sometimes shortened to XFree86/2, and can be run as an alternative graphical shell or as a task. In addition to the X Window System itself the XFreeOS/2 project ported a whole host of applications to the system from the world of UNIX and UNIX like operating systems.

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.

Links & publications

• Xfree86 homepage
• XFree86/OS2 Project - The old XFree86 home pages, now woutdated bt there might be some useful info hiding there.
• Dutch XFree86/OS2 page - 20 years out of date, but some useful info nonetheless.

Installation

• Blonde Guy's Xfree86OS/2 installation tutorial
• Christian Hennecke: Installing XFree86/OS2 4.3.0 - From OS/2 Voice Newsletter.
• Chris Wenham: Installing XFree86 in OS/2 - From the now defunct OS/2 e-Zine - Archive copy from Archive.org

Technical

• 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

Background info

• Chris McKillop: OS/2 and X-Windows... Come Again? - Interview with Holger Veit about XFree86 on OS/2 - From the now defunct OS/2 e-Zine - Archive copy from Archive.org.

Authors & publisher

• The XFree86 Foundation
• Holger Veit (OS/2 port)