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30 lines
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<sect2>
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<title>Introduction to XFree86</title>
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<screen>Download location: <ulink url="&xfree86-download;"/>
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Version used: &xfree86-version;
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Package size: &xfree86-size;
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Estimated Disk space required: &xfree86-buildsize;
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Estimated build time: 63m (667 MHz)</screen>
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<para><screen>XFree86 depends on: <xref linkend="freetype2"/></screen></para>
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<para>Because XFree86 is such a large package, you may find that
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<xref linkend="hdparm"/> speeds up compilation and running the package
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by tuning your hard disk for optimal performance.</para>
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<para>XFree86 is a freely redistributable open-source implementation of the
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X Window System. XFree86 provides a client/server interface between display
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hardware (the mouse, keyboard, and video displays) and the desktop environment
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while also providing both the windowing infrastructure and a standardized
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application interface (API).</para>
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<para>There are several files that need to be fetched from the download location:
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<screen>X420src-1.tgz 25354 KB
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X420src-2.tgz 22683 KB
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X420src-3.tgz 9089 KB</screen></para>
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<para>In addition, the following file will be needed:
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<screen><ulink url="ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.2.1/patches/4.2.0-4.2.1.diff.gz"/></screen></para>
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</sect2>
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