From: Holger.Veit@gmd.de (Holger Veit) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.announce Subject: FREE SOFTWARE: Announcing XFree86/OS2-3.2 Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc Date: 7 Nov 1996 02:01:58 GMT Message-ID: Reply-To: Holger.Veit@gmd.de (Holger Veit) Reply-to: Holger.Veit@gmd.de (Holger Veit) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcing XFree86/OS2 - 3.2 The first unlimited and public version of XFree86 for OS/2, Release 3.2 is now generally available. What is XFree86/OS2? -------------------- XFree86/OS2 is a full and unrestricted client and server version of the X11 Window System running natively under OS/2 Warp and Merlin. It is available in a binary version and also, with the issue of version 3.2, the full source code can now be obtained from public archives. This code is copyrighted software, but may be used without any constraints or payment of royalties by *anyone* including companies. If you find it useful, though, you might consider making a donation to The XFree86 Project[tm] in order to help them continuing their work (see http://www.xfree86.org for details). XFree86-3.2 contains the latest available code from the X Consortium, and is based on X11R6.1. For further information on XFree86, see the following page: http://www.xfree86.org/ For information on the OS/2 implementation, see the following page: http://borneo.gmd.de/~veit/os2/xf86os2.html What is new compared to older beta versions? -------------------------------------------- - no time limit, source available - support of new hardware, including - Matrox Millenium - S3 ViRGE - national keyboard handling (XKB) now works - numerous bug fixes Where to obtain? ---------------- Primary archive is ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.2/binaries/OS2, but this is now, since XFree86-3.2 is publicly available, usually overloaded. Many XFree86 mirrors also carry the OS/2 distribution. See http://borneo.gmd.de/~veit/os2/xf86os2.html for a list of available archives. This list will be updated in the next few days. It is expectable that in a few days, the prominent OS/2 FTP servers hobbes.nmsu.edu and ftp.leo.org will carry the files. What are the requirements? -------------------------- - 486/66, Pentium, Pentium/Pro with at least 16MB RAM, the more and faster, the better - 30-60MB disk space on a HPFS partition or other file system that allows long file names (mandatory) - video card which is supported by XFree86 - OS/2 Warp (all kinds) with at least Fixpack 17, or OS/2 Merlin - TCP/IP (>=2.0, IAK, Connect, Warp Server, Merlin) - EMX 0.9C fix1 (runtime available with distribution) ===================================================================== -- To submit to c.o.os2.announce: POST (or email os2_ann_req@bix.com) -- For comments to the moderator: email lfirrantello@bix.com. - for posting guidelines see: http://www.bix.com/pub/os2ann/pindex.htm