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Key Linux group faces split

A schism has struck the XFree86 movement, an open-source graphics project key to Linux and several other... Read more

21 March, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

Runs great, sucks less

...any existing size, cartoonishly large files and nearly infinite RAM spaces. The XFree86 windowing system, which, before Linux, had been stagnant for about 10 years... Read more

14 May, 2001 by Henry Kingman

Penguin playtime: Linux gets game

...of the graphics in Unix systems -- including Linux -- got an upgrade. Called XFree86, the graphics foundation had included only the code necessary for 2-D... Read more

9 June, 2000 by Robert Lemos

Linux picking up its game

...kernel and Version 4.0 of the Linux graphics system, known as Xfree86, adding better support for 3-D graphics hardware as well as two... Read more

4 February, 2000 by Robert Lemos

Eye2Eye: Dirk Hohndel of SuSE Linux, Part I

Dirk Honhdel, chief technical officer with SuSE Linux, talks to ZDNet's Will Knight about the desktop, Windows 2000 and why his grandma ain't using Linux... yet Read more

15 March, 2000 by Will Knight
<endeca_term>XFree86</endeca_term> XonX 4.4.0

XFree86 XonX 4.4.0

XFree86, a free implementation of the X Window System, has been ported to... Read more

27 December, 2004

Nokia plays with open source

...for home entertainment applications based on open source technologies such as Linux, Xfree86 and Mozilla. Romulo Pinheiro, Open Standards Terminal (OST) product manager at Nokia... Read more

15 May, 2001 by silicon.com staff

Letting in Linux

...utilities developed by the GNU Project. Most Linux versions also include the XFree86 X Window System graphical user interface and at least one Windows-based... Read more

12 July, 2004 by Mitt Jones

What to look for

ApacheThe world’s favourite Web server, Apache is included as a standard component in most Linux distributions.... Read more

19 December, 2005 by Charles McLellan

Chip makers release driver source code

...from the VIA Web site. The XGI drivers are available from the XFree86.org Web site Read more

14 April, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Red Hat doffs cap at latest Fedora

...Linux is based.) Fedora Core 2 also marks a break with the XFree86 project for graphics infrastructure. Because of a licensing dispute, Red Hat and... Read more

19 May, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

Torvalds moves next Linux into final phase

...commonly covers higher-level software components as well, including graphics software from XFree86, user interface software from KDE or Gnome, and software libraries, utilities and... Read more

10 October, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

Cygwin smuggles Unix shell commands into Windows

...it possible to work with at least the shell-based functionality. While Xfree86 (the graphics server that acts as the foundation for graphical Linux desktops... Read more

24 June, 2003 by Kurt Cagle

Mandrake Linux PowerPack Edition 9.1

...at login. Mandrake 9.1 runs all of its desktop environments atop XFree86 4.3.0, the most recent version available of Linux's common... Read more

22 April, 2003 by Neil Randall

Get users diskless with Linux thin client

...to use (this is relevant only if you need to use an XFree86 3.3.6 server) and the runlevel to start in. The defaults... Read more

2 April, 2003 by Vincent Danen

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Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

13 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

14 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

18 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

19 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

21 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

21 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

1 day ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

1 day ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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