XFree86

Availability and IPv6 support

Name	IPv6 support	Supported operating systems
XFree86	yes	UNIX, Linux, *BSD

Description

The XFree86 Project, Inc is an organisation which produces XFree86, a freely redistributable open-source implementation of the X Window System that runs on UNIX(R) and UNIX-like (like Linux, the BSDs, Mac OS X (aka Darwin) and Solaris x86 series) operating systems and OS/2. XFree86 is the underlying software that is between the hardware and graphical user interface (aka gui) that people see and use. If you are using KDE, GNOME, Enlightenment, Blackbox, AfterStep, twm or fvwm then you are already using and running XFree86 as these run as our clients. Traditionally, The XFree86 Project has focused on Intel x86-based platforms, which is where the `86' in our name comes from, but our current release supports other platforms like the Alpha, PowerPC, Sparc and in-the-works MIPS CPU families. Our goal at XFree86 is to have X run on every platform available, including those we do not currently support, as the best windowing system available on that platform.

Comments

Contains INRIA and KAME X patches.

It is recommended to use the X org system since it has IPv6 support by default.

Usage information

Source of information

UME IPv6 repository