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Re: X.org fork, XLibre

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From not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject Re: X.org fork, XLibre
Newsgroups comp.windows.x
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Date 2025-06-07 10:57 +1000
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Alastair Hogge <agh@riseup.net> wrote:
> Hello X community,
> 
> tl;dr:
> https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver
> Unfortunate they chose GitHub.
> 
> The following is copied from:
> https://nitter.net/LundukeJournal/status/1930727192964514137
> 
> Holy smokes, got an exclusive story here that is a BIG one for Linux 
> users:
> 
> Xorg is being forked, by the most active Xorg developer, with a first 
> release planned later this month.

It'll be interesting to see whether many distros make packages for
it (including separate driver packages because the README notes
that X.Org drivers aren't binary compatible).

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