The X.Org project provides an open source implementation of the X Window System. The development work is being done in conjunction with the freedesktop.org community. The X.Org Foundation is the educational non-profit corporation whose Board serves this effort, and whose Members lead this work.
The current X.Org release is X11R7.3. The next major release will be X11R7.4. Information about all releases is available. (Important: If you have an older release, please see the SecurityPage for information on security updates.)
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Reporting problems, asking questions and getting help
Check to see if your question is answered in the FAQ.
Use the xorg product in the freedesktop bugzilla to report bugs against X.Org. (Gnome's bugzilla suggestions are well worth looking over if you are new to reporting bugs with systems like bugzilla.)
Check the Xorg mailing list archives
Send other questions or comments to the xorg mailing list.
Or get help on XorgIRC.
Development
If you are interested in helping in our efforts to improve the X Window System technology, please start here.
Mailing Lists
On XorgMailingLists you can find a list of X-related mailing lists hosted on lists.freedesktop.org. More mailing lists on X Window System and related technologies along with subscription directions are available at XOrg Foundation.
Getting X
The best place to get X is from your operating system or distribution vendor. X.Org currently provides no binaries.
There are many Mirrors from which you can download source code to the X Window System. If you would like to be a mirror, please send mail to [email protected] .
Development snapshots are currently on hiatus; most modules now update slowly enough that frequent snapshots aren't needed.
Security
For security advisories please check our SecurityPage.
Please notify us of any security issues by sending mail to [email protected] .
Acknowledgements
Our thanks go to Portland State University for providing the hosting of x.org/freedesktop.org and to HP for providing the x.org/freedesktop.org hardware.
Our thanks also go to the many other contributors to the X Window System technology over the years. Many of these are acknowledged in previous distribution release notes.