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The X Window System is an open source ([http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/doc/xorg-docs/License.html mostly MIT licensed]) framework for building graphical user interfaces. It provides the abstraction layer between the hardware and the GUI toolkits, allowing a variety of user interfaces to be developed on top of it. It was included in most Unix variants, and until recently, was the primary GUI layer on [[Linux]] systems as well, though newer options such as [http://wayland.freedesktop.org/ Wayland] and [http://unity.ubuntu.com/mir/ Mir] are being developed now to replace X.

X Version 11, aka X11, was [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.windows.x/NFT3Ax2Io7g/Jn37aUty-2QJ first released in September 1987], and has maintained compatibility of the network protocol and client API since then.

Releases from [http://www.x.org/wiki/X11R1/ X11R1] in 1987 through [http://www.x.org/wiki/Releases/6.9/ X11R6.9] in 2005 consisted of the entire window system in one unified release, built via the [[Imake]] build tool.

Starting with [http://www.x.org/wiki/Releases/7.0/ X11R7.0] in 2005, X11 was broken up into [http://www.x.org/wiki/ModuleDescriptions/ individual modules] which are [http://www.x.org/releases/individual/ released individually], each configured & built with the GNU autotools suite (autoconf, automake, libtool, pkg-config). Rollup “katamari” releases of all the latest individual modules are still released occasionally, most recently as [http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/ X11R7.7] in 2012, but most distros now rely on just tracking the individual package releases instead. Releases of modules, katamaris, and security fixes are announced on the [http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/ xorg-announce] mailing list.

== External links ==
* [http://www.x.org/ X.Org Foundation], current maintainers of the X Window System
* [http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/doc/index.html Documentation for X11R7.7], including specifications for various standards, protocols, & APIs
* [http://www.x.org/releases/individual/ Individual module releases for X11R7 modules]
* [http://www.x.org/wiki/ModuleDescriptions/ Descriptions of individual X11R7 modules]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System Wikipedia page for the X Window System]
* [http://www.rahul.net/kenton/xsites.html Kenton Lee's index of Technical X Window System and Motif WWW Sites]
* [http://www.x.org/wiki/guide/ The X New Developer’s Guide]

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	Starting with [http://www.x.org/wiki/Releases/7.0/ X11R7.0] in 2005, X11 was broken up into [http://www.x.org/wiki/ModuleDescriptions/ individual modules] which are [http://www.x.org/releases/individual/ released individually], each configured & built with the [[Autotools\|GNU autotools suite]] (autoconf, automake, libtool, pkg-config). Rollup “katamari” releases of all the latest individual modules are still released occasionally, most recently as [http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/ X11R7.7] in 2012, but most distros now rely on just tracking the individual package releases instead. Releases of modules, katamaris, and security fixes are announced on the [http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/ xorg-announce] mailing list.		Starting with [http://www.x.org/wiki/Releases/7.0/ X11R7.0] in 2005, X11 was broken up into [http://www.x.org/wiki/ModuleDescriptions/ individual modules] which are [http://www.x.org/releases/individual/ released individually], each configured & built with the [[Autotools\|GNU autotools suite]] (autoconf, automake, libtool, pkg-config). Rollup “katamari” releases of all the latest individual modules are still released occasionally, most recently as [http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/ X11R7.7] in 2012, but most distros now rely on just tracking the individual package releases instead. Releases of modules, katamaris, and security fixes are announced on the [http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/ xorg-announce] mailing list.
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−	The X Window System is an open source ([http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/doc/xorg-docs/License.html mostly MIT licensed]) framework for building graphical user interfaces. It provides the abstraction layer between the hardware and the GUI toolkits, allowing a variety of user interfaces to be developed on top of it. It was included in most Unix variants, and until recently, was the primary GUI layer on [[Linux]] systems as well, though newer options such as [http://wayland.freedesktop.org/ Wayland] and [http://unity.ubuntu.com/mir/ Mir] are being developed now to replace X.	+	{\|
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		+	The '''X Window System''' is an open source ([http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/doc/xorg-docs/License.html mostly MIT licensed]) framework for building graphical user interfaces. It provides the abstraction layer between the hardware and the GUI toolkits, allowing a variety of user interfaces to be developed on top of it. It was included in most Unix variants, and until recently, was the primary GUI layer on [[Linux]] systems as well, though newer options such as [http://wayland.freedesktop.org/ Wayland] and [http://unity.ubuntu.com/mir/ Mir] are being developed now to replace X.

	X Version 11, aka X11, was [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.windows.x/NFT3Ax2Io7g/Jn37aUty-2QJ first released in September 1987], and has maintained compatibility of the network protocol and client API since then.		X Version 11, aka X11, was [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.windows.x/NFT3Ax2Io7g/Jn37aUty-2QJ first released in September 1987], and has maintained compatibility of the network protocol and client API since then.

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 Releases from [http://www.x.org/wiki/X11R1/ X11R1] in 1987 through [http://www.x.org/wiki/Releases/6.9/ X11R6.9] in 2005 consisted of the entire window system in one unified release, built via the [[Imake]] build tool.
-Starting with [http://www.x.org/wiki/Releases/7.0/ X11R7.0] in 2005, X11 was broken up into [http://www.x.org/wiki/ModuleDescriptions/ individual modules] which are [http://www.x.org/releases/individual/ released individually], each configured & built with the GNU autotools suite (autoconf, automake, libtool, pkg-config).   Rollup “katamari” releases of all the latest individual modules are still released occasionally, most recently as [http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/ X11R7.7] in 2012, but most distros now rely on just tracking the individual package releases instead.   Releases of modules, katamaris, and security fixes are announced on the [http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/ xorg-announce] mailing list.
+Starting with [http://www.x.org/wiki/Releases/7.0/ X11R7.0] in 2005, X11 was broken up into [http://www.x.org/wiki/ModuleDescriptions/ individual modules] which are [http://www.x.org/releases/individual/ released individually], each configured & built with the [[Autotools|GNU autotools suite]] (autoconf, automake, libtool, pkg-config).   Rollup “katamari” releases of all the latest individual modules are still released occasionally, most recently as [http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/ X11R7.7] in 2012, but most distros now rely on just tracking the individual package releases instead.   Releases of modules, katamaris, and security fixes are announced on the [http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/ xorg-announce] mailing list.
 == External links ==