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LinuxDevices.com: Tiny-X: an embeddable X Window server

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 21, 2000

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“Tiny-X, a small footprint X Window server implementation
for embedded systems, is now available as part of XFree86 4.0.

It was developed by Keith Packard of the XFree86 Core Team,
sponsored by SuSE, Inc. The goal was to create something that would
work well in a small memory footprint and, importantly, be robust
in near out-of-memory situations. Typical X servers based on Tiny-X
can fit in less than 1MB on x86 CPUs.”

“Currently, there is no mechanism provided for loading
alternative video drivers. So, just as in the “bad old days” of XF
3.3, you build an X server specific to your video chip and run
that.”

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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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