ZDNet: XFree86 Gives Boost to Linux Graphics Mar 4, 2003, 17 :00 UTC (24 Talkback[s]) (13449 reads) (Other stories by Stephen Shankland)
"An open-source project to develop XFree86, a key part of Linux, has issued an update to let the software work with more-modern graphics chips and operating systems.
"The low-profile XFree86 Project introduced version 4.3.0 of the software, a critical foundation for Linux and several other operating systems, later than expected. Release engineer David Dawes said on a mailing list in November he hoped it would emerge in mid-January.
"XFree86, which handles many graphics display tasks for Linux, is a key part of the overall operating system. A version of the X11 windowing system for Unix, XFree86 is the mechanism that higher-level software such as games use to talk to specific video cards and to take advantage of features such as hardware acceleration..."
