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1<sect2>
2<title>Introduction to XFree86</title>
3
4<screen>Download location: <ulink url="&xfree86-download;"/>
5Version used: &xfree86-version;
6Package size: &xfree86-size;
7Estimated Disk space required: &xfree86-buildsize;
8Estimated build time: 63m (667 MHz)</screen>
9
10<para><screen>XFree86 depends on: <xref linkend="zlib"/></screen></para>
11
12<para>Because XFree86 is such a large package, you may find that
13<xref linkend="hdparm"/> speeds up compilation and running the package
14by tuning your hard disk for optimal performance.</para>
15
16<para>XFree86 is a freely redistributable open-source implementation of the
17X Window System. XFree86 provides a client/server interface between display
18hardware (the mouse, keyboard, and video displays) and the desktop environment
19while also providing both the windowing infrastructure and a standardized
20application interface (API).
21</para>
22
23<para>
24There are several files that need to be fetched from the download location:
25<screen>X420src-1.tgz 25354 KB
26X420src-2.tgz 22683 KB
27X420src-3.tgz 9089 KB
28</screen>
29</para>
30
31<para>
32In addition, the following file will be needed:
33<screen><ulink url="ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.2.0/fixes/4.2.0-libGLU-bad-extern.patch"/></screen>
34</para>
35</sect2>
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