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{{Infobox software
| title = X.Org Server
| name = X.Org Server
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The ultimate goal of GLAMOR is to obsolete and replace all the DDX 2D graphics device drivers and acceleration architectures, thereby avoiding the need to write X 2D specific drivers for every supported graphic chipset.<ref>{{cite web|last=Anholt|first=Eric|title=Building 2D rendering acceleration with OpenGL|url=http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux.conf.au/2014/Wednesday/52-Building_2D_rendering_acceleration_with_OpenGL_-_Eric_Anholt.mp4|publisher=[[linux.conf.au]]|access-date=10 February 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064444/http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux.conf.au/2014/Wednesday/52-Building_2D_rendering_acceleration_with_OpenGL_-_Eric_Anholt.mp4|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Packard|first=Keith|title=Brief Glamor Hacks|url=http://keithp.com/blogs/glamor-hacking/|access-date=7 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://wiki.x.org/wiki/Events/XDC2013/XDC2013AdamJacksonGLXRewrite/ |title=Adam Jackson - GLX rewrite |date=24 September 2013 |access-date=2014-03-23}}</ref> Glamor requires a 3D driver with support for [[shader]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/RadeonFeature/ |title=Radeon Feature Matrix |work=[[freedesktop.org]]}}</ref>
Glamor performance tuning was accepted for [[Google Summer of Code]] 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/project/details/google/gsoc2014/degasus/5639274879778816|title=Glamor Performance Tuning|access-date=22 April 2014|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023047/http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/project/details/google/gsoc2014/degasus/5639274879778816|url-status=dead}}</ref> Glamor supports [[Xephyr]] and [[Direct Rendering Infrastructure#DRI3|DRI3]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTYyMjc |title=GLAMOR Xephyr & DRI3 Support Called For Pulling |publisher=[[Phoronix]] |date=5 March 2014}}</ref> and can boost some operations by 700–800%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTYyODU |title=GLAMOR Patch Bomb Can Boost Some Operations By 700~800% |publisher=[[Phoronix]] |date=13 March 2014}}</ref> Since its mainlining into version 1.16 of the X.Org Server, development on Glamor was continued and patches for the 1.17 release were published.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2014-July/043106.html |title=glamor changes for 1.17 |date=17 July 2014}}</ref>
====={{Anchor|Virtualization}} Virtualization=====
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====Other DDX components====
; {{Anchor|XWayland}} XWayland
: XWayland is a series of patches over the X.Org server codebase that implement an X server running upon the [[Wayland (
{{cite web|title=Wayland|url=https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/wayland#XWayland|publisher=[[Arch Linux]] Project|access-date=2016-05-09}}</ref>
; {{Anchor|XQuartz}} XQuartz
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: The X.Org Server runs on many free-software [[Unix-like]] operating systems, including being adopted for use by most [[Linux distribution]]s and [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]] variants. It is also the X server for the [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]] operating system. X.Org is also available in the repositories of [[MINIX|Minix 3]].
; Windows
: [[Cygwin/X]], [[Cygwin]]'s implementation of the X server for [[Microsoft Windows]], uses the X.Org Server, as do VcXsrv<ref>{{cite web|url=
| url =
| title = VcXsrv Windows X Server
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In 2013, the initial versions of DRI3 and Present extensions were written and coded by Keith Packard to provide a faster and [[Screen tearing|tearing]]-free 2D rendering. By the end of the year the implementation of [[GLX]] was rewritten by Adam Jackson at [[Red Hat]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTQ2OTY |title=The X.Org Server's GLX Is Being Rewritten |date=26 October 2013}}</ref>
{{anchor|Xlibre}}
In June 2025, a fork of X.Org Server called Xlibre was released in response to perceived stagnation. The project provoked controversy due to its stated opposition to [[diversity, equity, and inclusion]] initiatives.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/10/xlibre_new_xorg_fork/ |title=Forked-off Xlibre tells Wayland display protocol to DEI in a fire |last=Proven |first=Liam |date=18 June 2025 |orig-date=10 June 2025 |access-date=1 July 2025 |work=The Register}}</ref>
===Releases===
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* {{Official website|https://www.x.org/}}
* [https://
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/ VcXsrv] - Sourceforge old repository for Windows
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