README for XFree86 on OpenBSD : What and Where is XFree86?
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1. What and Where is XFree86?

XFree86 is a port of X11R6.3 that supports several versions of Intel-based Unix. It is derived from X386 1.2, which was the X server distributed with X11R5. This release consists of many new features and performance improvements as well as many bug fixes. The release is available as source patches against the X Consortium X11R6.3 code, as well as binary distributions for many architectures.

See the Copyright Notice.

The sources for XFree86 are available by anonymous ftp from:

ftp://ftp.XFree86.org/pub/XFree86/current

Binaries for OpenBSD 2.5 and later are available from:

ftp://ftp.XFree86.org/pub/XFree86/current/binaries/OpenBSD

A list of mirror sites is provided by ftp://ftp.XFree86.org/pub/XFree86/MIRRORS

XFree86 also builds on other OpenBSD architectures. See section Building on other architectures for details.


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