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Version: 7.7
Upload Date: 14 Apr 15
Developer: X.org Foundation
Distribution Type: Freeware
Downloads: 16

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The X.Org Foundation provides an open source implementation of the X Window System. The development work is being done as part of the freedesktop.org community.

What is new in this release:

  • Multi-touch events are now supported for touchpads and touchscreens which can report position information on more than one finger providing input at the same time, such as found on many tablets and recent laptops. These are exposed by Xorg server 1.12 and later via the Xinput extension version 2.2.
  • Additional Xinput extension features were introduced in version 2.1, as supported in Xorg server 1.11, including allowing clients to track raw events from input devices, additional detail in scrolling events so that clients may perform smoother scrolling, and additional constants in the Xlib-based libXi API.
  • More progress has been made on the X.Org Documentation modernization - the rest of the library and protocol specifications have been converted to DocBook XML from the variety of formats they were previously in, and support for cross-linking between documents hase been added. On most systems these documents will be installed under /usr/share/doc/. They are also posted on the X.Org website at http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/.
  • Fence objects are now available in Version 3.1 of the Synchronization ("Sync") extension. These allow clients to create a object that is either in "triggered" or "not-triggered" state, and to perform actions when the object becomes triggered. When a client requests a fence be triggered, the X server will first complete all rendering from previous requests that affects resources owned by the fence's screen before changing the state, so that clients may synchronize with such rendering. Support for these has been added to both the libxcb-sync and libXext API's.
  • Pointer barriers were added by X Fixes extension Version 5.0. Compositing managers and desktop environments may have UI elements in particular screen locations such that for a single-headed display they correspond to easy targets, for example, the top left corner. For a multi-headed environment these corners should still be semi-impermeable. Pointer barriers allow the application to define additional constraint on cursor motion so that these areas behave as expected even in the face of multiple displays.
  • The XCB libraries have begun adding support for the GLX and XKB extensions. This work is not yet complete in this release, and not all of the functionality available through these extensions is accessibile via the XCB APIs. Some of this effort was funded by past Google Summer of Code projects.
  • Video and input driver enhancements. Please see the ChangeLog files for individual drivers; there are far too many updates to list here.

What is new in version 7.6:

  • Features Added/Enhanced:
  • XCB included in the katamari, required by libX11 1.4 and some clients.
  • Xorg server 1.8 changes, including new input hotplugging and configuration framework
  • Xorg server 1.9 changes
  • Documentation: Most protocol & API docs moved from xorg-docs into individual proto/library modules, converted from legacy formats to DocBook/XML where possible.
  • Massive amounts of configure.ac/Makefile.am cleanup & improvement. Lots of previously duplicated bits moved to xorg-macros (requiring recent xorg-macros versions when we build the tarballs, but unless you autoreconf that shouldn't affect people building from tarballs).
  • Most of the COPYING file stubs have been replaced with actual copies of the copyright & license notices for easier packaging by distributors who provide such notices in their packages.
  • Features Removed:
  • Xsdl - experimental kdrive server using SDL that was never finished
  • Frame buffer support in XF86DGA
  • Multibuffer extension in X servers - deprecated since the 90's

What is new in version 7.4:

  • PciReworkProposal: PCI bus scanning/accessing code replaced with libpciaccess (IanRomanick).
  • MacOS X updates: Xquartz fixes, launchd support, and more (BenByer and JeremyHuddleston)
  • x11perf 1.5: Compositing tests added.
  • xtrans 1.1: Support for abstract socket namespace under Linux.
  • xf86-input-evdev 2.0.x: Many stability and completeness fixes, should work out of the box with a large range of devices, plus middle-button emulation for mice.
  • xf86-video-ati 6.9.x: Support for r5xx/r6xx/r7xx (RadeonHD 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx) devices added, including textured video for r5xx. Full RandR 1.2 support for all chipsets.
  • EXA: Numerous speedups (inc. font rendering), cleanups, and correctness fixes.
  • libX11 1.1.5: Numerous i18n additions and fixes (JamesCloos).
  • xorg-server 1.5: Faster startup and shutdown, lots of code removal, EDID 1.4, Secure RPC authentication, GLX and DRI passthrough support for Xephyr, smarter autoconfiguration, pervasive and coherent XACE security framework, easier building of GL code, numerous input-related bugfixes.

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