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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. | 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. 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. | ||
In addition to the X Window System itself the XFreeOS/2 project ported a whole host of applications to the system. | In addition to the X Window System itself the XFreeOS/2 project ported a whole host of applications to the system. | ||
Revision as of 20:37, 31 January 2016
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. 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.
In addition to the X Window System itself the XFreeOS/2 project ported a whole host of applications to the 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
- Xfree86 homepage
- Blonde Guy's Xfree86OS/2 installation tutorial
- 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.
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.