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* [[Holger Veit]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130309011321/http://www.xfree86.org/current/OS2Notes.pdf Notes on Rebuilding XFree86®/OS2 from Scratch] - Old document that has now been deleted from the Xfree86 server for some reason. - From Archive.org | * [[Holger Veit]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130309011321/http://www.xfree86.org/current/OS2Notes.pdf 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]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080621002821/http://www.os2ezine.com/v4n4/xfree.htm Installing XFree86 in OS/2] - From the now defunct [[OS/2 e-Zine]] - Archive copy from [[Archive.org]] | * [[Chris Wenham]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080621002821/http://www.os2ezine.com/v4n4/xfree.htm Installing XFree86 in OS/2] - From the now defunct [[OS/2 e-Zine]] - Archive copy from [[Archive.org]] | ||
* [[Chris McKillop]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110527153409/http://www.os2ezine.com/v1n6/xfree.html 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. | |||
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Revision as of 20:10, 31 January 2016
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.
Links
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
- 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.