The XFree86 Project was founded to freely maintain X servers and critical clients for "IA-32" systems. Their work has since expanded to support other non-Intel architectures, but the purpose continues.
"The XFree86 Project, Inc is a non-profit corporation of the state of Texas, USA. The primary charter is to design, implement, and distribute, as free software, an implementation of the X Window System. The software implements the X Window System specifications for many Unix and Unix-like operating systems. All products of The XFree86 Project, Inc, are freely available, and freely redistributable. Major supporters of XFree86 include Digital Equipment Corporation, Metro Link, Red Hat Software, S.u.S.E. GmbH, and many others. "
Contributions to deal with expenses and to help encourage continuing development as well as membership in standards organizations such as VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association) can be sent to:
The XFree86 Project, Inc.
21 Hinds Lane
Pelham NH 03076-3013
USA
SUSE Software has sponsored development of X server support for various recent graphics cards, including:
AT3D
3D-GLINT
NVidia NV1 and RIVA 128
Matrox Millennium, Mystique, Millennium II, including G100 and G200 models
Trident 9685, Cyber, and TGUI chipsets
Tseng ET6100, ET6300, W32 and W32i
Elsa GLoria-L, GLoria-L/MX, GLoria-S, Permedia, Permedia2
In most cases, the code should ultimately get added into upcoming XFree86 releases...
A commercial X server for MS-DOS that is based on XFree86
Tuning tips on how to make X run faster without changing hardware.
Direct Rendering (DRI) Project at SourceForge
The direct rendering infrastructure, also known as the DRI, is a framework for allowing direct access to graphics hardware in a safe and efficient manner. It includes changes to the X server, to several client libraries, and to the kernel. The first major use for the DRI is to create fast OpenGL implementations.
FTP Directory: ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris/radeon-igp/
Experimental driver for ATI Radeon IGP chipset used on many 2003 laptops.
The X Damage Extension allows applications to track modified regions of drawables.
The X server project holds sources to build an X server separately from a full X distribution. The only drivers supplied are based on the kdrive framework.