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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}

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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 (display server protocol)|Wayland]] protocol. The patches are developed and maintained by the Wayland developers for compatibility with X11 applications during the transition to Wayland,<ref>{{cite web|title=X Clients under Wayland (XWayland)|url=http://wayland.freedesktop.org/xserver.html|publisher=Wayland Project|access-date=10 February 2014}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and were mainlined in version 1.16 of the X.Org Server in 2014.<ref name="xorgserver1160">{{cite web |url=http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-July/002457.html |title=ANNOUNCE: xorg-server 1.16.0 |publisher=[[freedesktop.org]] |date=17 July 2014}}</ref> When a user runs an X application from within [[Wayland (display server protocol)|Weston]], it calls upon XWayland to service the request.<ref>

{{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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; 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=https://github.com/marchaesen/vcxsrv |title=VcXsrv Windows X Server |publisher=Github.com |access-date=2024-02-07}}</ref> ([[Visual C++]] X-server<ref>{{cite web

| url = httphttps://vcxsrv.sourceforge.net/

| 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===