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  <H2><A NAME="1"></A>1. What is XFree86</H2>

<p>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 code, as well as 
binary distributions for many architectures.</p>
<p>The sources for XFree86 are available by anonymous ftp from:
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<A href="ftp://ftp.XFree86.org/pub/XFree86/current">ftp://ftp.XFree86.org/pub/XFree86/current</A>
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Solaris binaries for XFree86 are available for anonymous ftp from:
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<A href="ftp://ftp.XFree86.org/pub/XFree86/current/binaries/Solaris">ftp://ftp.XFree86.org/pub/XFree86/current/binaries/Solaris</A>
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