The X.Org Foundation has announced the fourth release of the X
Window System since the formation of the Foundation in January of
2004.
The new X.Org release, called X Window System Version 11,
Release 6.8.2 (X11R6.8.2) builds on the work of X.org X11R6.8.0 and
X11R6.8.1 released in 2004. X11R6.8.2 combines the latest
developments from many people and companies working with the X
Window System and an open X.Org Foundation Release Team. All
Official X.Org Releases are available for download from ftp://www.x.org/pub and at mirror-sites
world-wide.
The X11R6.8.2 release is intended to be a stable bug fix release
(“Maintenance update”) for the X11R6.8.0 and X11R6.8.1 X11 releases
of the Xorg Foundation, containing bug fixes, security updates and
a small set of new features, which include the following:
Please refer to the X11R6.8.2 Release Notes at http://www.x.org for further details. The
full list of changes between the initial X11R6.8.0 and this release
can be found in the Changelog.
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