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  <H2><A NAME="1"></A>1. Preface</H2>
<p>X11 and XFree86 were initially developed on Unix-based systems. Usually
Unix systems provide a rich number of tools and utilities to get certain
things done. Under OS/2, these tools are not installed, but ports are
available which are sometimes functionally equivalent to Unix utilities
with the same name, but also differ sometimes in a subtle way.
This guide will give you hints if you intend to rebuild the system
from scratch under OS/2.</p>
<p>Please also read <A href="OS2.html">README.OS2</A> for end-user
information, and set at least the environment variables described there.</p>
<p>At the current time, the most recent version available is XFree86-3.3.5.
This is a full and unrestricted version which comes with complete source 
code. 3.3.5 is not only a bugfix release, but also supports new hardware,
some of which might not even supported by OS/2 itself. See the RELEASE NOTES
document for details.</p>
<p>If you want to join the XFree86 developer team, e.g. to add support for
certain hardware, please send a request to BOD@XFree86.org. Please
think about such a step carefully before, though, since much work is 
involved. Please use the XFree86-3.3.5 source code as a test example how
to compile the system. The ability to manage that is a basic requirement
for becoming a developer.</p>


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