XFree86

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

• Xfree86 homepage
• Blonde Guy's Xfree86OS/2 installation tutorial

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