Xorg releases

X.org with X.Org Foundation

Find documents and information for the X11 versions released by X.org, mainly driven by the X.Org Foundation:

• X.Org X11R7.2: (Released: 2007-02-15)

  • Release information

  • Release sites

  • Press Release

• X.Org X11R7.1: (Released: 2006-05-22)

  • Release information

  • Release sites

  • Press Release

• X.Org X11R7.0: (Released: 2005-12-21)

  • Release plan

  • Release information

  • Release site (HTTP)

  • Release site (FTP)

  • Press Release

• X.Org X11R6.9.0: (Released: 2005-12-21)

  • Release plan

  • Release information

  • Release site (HTTP)

  • Release site (FTP)

  • Press Release

• X.Org X11R6.8.2: (Released: 2005-02-09)

  • release plan

  • main page on X.org

  • Press Release on X.org

• X.Org X11R6.8.1: (Released: 2004-09-17, patch release)

  • main page on X.org

  • Press Release on X.org (PDF)

• X.Org X11R6.8.0 (aka X11R6.8): (Released: 2004-09-09)

  • main page on X.org

  • Press Release on X.org (PDF, html)

  • release plan

  • release status

  • screen shots

  • postpartum release notes

• X.Org X11R6.7.0: (aka R6.7) (Released: about 2004-04-06, based on X.Org X11R6.6 and XFree86 X4.4.0 RC2)

  • Press Release on X.org (PDF)

  • release notes

• generic info:

  • release plan

  • release status

  • release testing

  • module versions in Xorg modular releases

XFree86

Former X11 releases, done by XFree86:

• XFree86 X4.5.0: (Release: 2005-03-16)

• XFree86 X4.4.99.18 (snapshot): (Release: 2004-11-27)

• XFree86 X4.4.99.9 (develsnap): (Release: 2004-07-12)

• XFree86 X4.4.0: (Release: 2004-02-23)

• XFree86 X4.4.0 RC2: (Release: ?)

• XFree86 X4.3.0: (Release: 2003-02-26)

  • compatible with X11R6.6

• XFree86 X4.2.1: (Release: 2002-09-03)

• XFree86 X4.2.0: (Release: 2002-01-16)

  • the Open Source port of X.Org’s X11R6.6 release

• XFree86 X4.1.0: (Release: 2001-06-02)

  • the Open Source port of X.Org’s X11R6.5.1 release

• XFree86 X4.0.3: (Release: 2001-03-02)

• XFree86 X4.0.2: (Release: 2000-12-15)

• XFree86 X4.0.1: (Release: 2000-06-30)

  • the Open Source port of X.Org’s X11R6.4 release

• XFree86 X4.0.0: (Release: 2000-02-26)

  • a port of X11R6.4

• XFree86 X3.3.6: (Release: 1999-12-31)

  • a port of X11R6.3

• XFree86 X3.3.5: (Release: ?)

• XFree86 X2.1.1: (Release: 1994-05-04)

  • The XFree86 servers are derived from X386 1.2, which was the X server distributed with X11R5.

• XFree86 X2.1: (Release: 1994-03-11)

• XFree86 X2.0:

(This listing might be incomplete. The provided release dates can be slightly deviating from the true release dates.)

You can find the related packages on misc mirrors e.g. on http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/xfree86/XFree86/.

X.org and XConsortium

Former X11 releases, done by X.org and the XConsortium:

• X.org X11R6.6: Press Release (Released: 2001-04-03)

• X.org X11R6.5.1: Press Release (Released: 2000-08-25)

• X.org X11R6.4 (aka R6.4): (Release: 1998-03-31)

• X.org X11R6.3 (aka R6.3): (Release: 1997-07-15)

• X.org X11R6.1 (aka R6.1): (Release: 1996-03-12)

• X.org X.V11R6 (aka R6): (Release: 1995-03-02)

• X.org X.V11R5 (aka R5): (Release: 1994-05-18)

• X.org X.V11R4 (aka R4): (Release: 1989-01-29)

• X.org X.V11R3 (aka R3): (Release: ca. 1988-10-27)

• X.org X.V11R2 (aka R2): (Release: ca. 1988-03-24)

• X.org X.V11R1 (aka R1): (Release: ca. 1987-09-18)

• X.org X.V10R4 (aka V10R4): (Release: ca. 1986-12-25)

• X.org X.V10R3 (aka V10R3): (Release: ca. 1986-06-07)

(This listing might be incomplete. The provided release dates can be slightly deviating from the true release dates.)

You can find these older versions on one of the long term mirrors of X.org ftp, e.g. at http://ftp.pl.debian.org/mirror/ftp.x.org/pub/ or http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/x11/x.org/pub/.