I'm a total newbie - can someone tell me what XFree is?

jaguar23 · Post by **jaguar23** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 7:42 am

I was looking through the tutorial which talked about installing Gentoox on Windows 98. It said to use XFree. I don't know what this is or where I can get it from. Can someone help a newbie out?

fuz · Post by **fuz** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 8:45 am

http://software.freshmeat.net/search/?q ... n=projects

use the resources available to you!

Rickz0rz · Post by **Rickz0rz** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 9:03 pm

Fuz: That explanation sucked.

Quoted from http://www.xfree86.org/#whatis

What is XFree86?

The XFree86 Project, Inc is the organisation which produces XFree86™, a freely redistributable open-source implementation of X11 or the X Window System. XFree86 runs primarily on UNIX® and UNIX-like operating systems such as Linux, all of the BSD variants, Sun Solaris x86, Mac OS X (via Darwin), as well as other platforms like OS/2 and Cygwin.

XFree86, provides a client/server interface between display hardware (the mouse, keyboard, and video displays) and the desktop environment while also providing both the windowing infrastructure and a standardized application interface (API). XFree86 is platform-independent, network-transparent and extensible.

The goals and purpose of XFree86 are detailed in our Mission Statement.

And I'm not sure about that whole Gentoo-X on Windows 98 thing. Did you mean dualbooting Gentoo with Windows 98?

fuz · Post by **fuz** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 10:11 am

rICKZ@RZ: eat crap

i just want people to search out their own answers prior to asking.. its reverse googleology to post before looking yourself