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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.


==Links & publications==
==Links==
* [http://xfree86.org Xfree86 homepage]
* [http://xfree86.org Xfree86 homepage]
* [http://www.landley.net/history/mirror/os2/xf86os2.html XFree86/OS2 Project] - The old XFree86 home pages, now woutdated bt there might be some useful info hiding there.
*Holger Veit: [ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.8.0/doc/PDF/OS2Notes.pdf Notes on Rebuilding XFree86®/OS2 from Scratch]
* [http://vissesh.home.xs4all.nl/multiboot/xfree86-os2/xfree-os2.html Dutch XFree86/OS2 page] - 20 years out of date, but some useful info nonetheless.
 
* [http://www.landley.net/history/mirror/os2/xf86os2.html XFree86/OS2 Project] - The old XFree86 home pages, now outdated but there might be some useful info hiding there.


;Installation
;Installation
* [http://www.blondeguy.com/XFree86Essay.html Blonde Guy's Xfree86OS/2 installation tutorial]
* [http://www.blondeguy.com/XFree86Essay.html Blonde Guy's Xfree86OS/2 installation tutorial]
*Christian Hennecke: [http://www.os2voice.org/VNL/past_issues/VNL0403H/vnewsf6.htm Installing XFree86/OS2 4.3.0] - From OS/2 Voice Newsletter.
*Christian Hennecke: [http://www.os2voice.org/VNL/past_issues/VNL0403H/vnewsf6.htm Installing XFree86/OS2 4.3.0] - OS/2 Voice Newsletter (Apr 2003)
* [[Chris Wenham]]: [http://www.os2ezine.com/v4n4/xfree.htm Installing XFree86 in OS/2] (from [[OS/2 e-Zine]])
* [[Chris Wenham]]: [http://www.os2ezine.com/v4n4/xfree.htm Installing XFree86 in OS/2] (from [[OS/2 e-Zine]])
;Setup
;Setup
* [[Darrell Spice]] Jr.: [[Running Linux software on your OS/2 system via Xfree86/OS2]]
* [[Darrell Spice]] Jr.: [[Running Linux software on your OS/2 system via Xfree86/OS2]]
;Technical
*Holger Veit: [ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.8.0/doc/PDF/OS2Notes.pdf Notes on Rebuilding XFree86®/OS2 from Scratch]


;Background info
;Background info
*Chris McKillop: [http://www.os2ezine.com/v1n6/xfree.html OS/2 and X-Windows... Come Again?] - Interview with [[Holger Veit]] about XFree86 on OS/2
*Chris McKillop: [http://www.os2ezine.com/v1n6/xfree.html OS/2 and X-Windows... Come Again?] - Interview with [[Holger Veit]] about XFree86 on OS/2


==Authors & publisher==
==Authors==
* The XFree86 Foundation
* The XFree86 Foundation
* [[Holger Veit]] (OS/2 port)
* [[Holger Veit]] (OS/2 port)

Revision as of 13:30, 6 November 2017

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

  • XFree86/OS2 Project - The old XFree86 home pages, now outdated but there might be some useful info hiding there.
Installation
Setup
Background info

Authors