New Features of XFree86 4.0.1
The previous (now legacy) version of XFree86 for Intel-based PCs, 3.3.6, supported 550 graphics cards and chipsets using 14 different X11 servers. The new version, 4.0.1, supports nearly as many cards and more than 30 families of graphics chipsets using only one server! XFree86 has been redesigned to use loadable modules and drivers to provide support for specific cards, rather than use a monolithic, single server for a family or type of graphics chipset. This reduces maintenance, the distribution size, allows programmers to focus on module development, and provides a mechanism for rapid support of new graphics chipsets by manufacturers with the release of binary-only modules.
Along with the new architecture, XFree86 ...
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