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BETA: Announcing XFree86/OS2 3.1.2D
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Holger Veit)
Tue Mar 12 21:38:00 1996
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 13 Mar 1996 02:32:10 GMT
From: veit@urk.gmd.de (Holger Veit)
Reply-To: veit@urk.gmd.de (Holger Veit)
Reply-To: veit@urk.gmd.de (Holger Veit)
Submitted by: Holger Veit
Source: Holger Veit
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A N N O U N C E M E N T O F X F R E E 8 6 / O S 2
This text is posted to various newsgroups and mailing-lists, as well as
sent as private mail to a number of persons. If you have seen this text
in your mailbox or a mailing-list, please don't reply to this mail (even
not for thanks or flames). Use other resources below. This letter shouldn't
be interpreted as a chain letter neither, this would only annoy people.
My apology, if you are no longer interested in the subject, but you may have
asked - probably long ago - for the subject.
This is the announcement of XFree86-3.1.2D, the first public test version
of a free implementation of The X Windows System for OS/2. The intended
auditorium for this code is the experienced developer, not the end user.
This system is an ALPHA version, i.e. expect numerous bugs and even
system crashes, which could even worse damage hardware or software.
There is absolutely NO WARRANTY, and neither I nor anyone else is responsible
for any damage or data loss. If you don't accept this, then simply do not
obtain the software.
How to obtain:
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The system is currently available from
ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/beta/OS2
but should be available from hobbes.nmsu.edu and ftp.leo.org very soon.
The directory contains zip files of about 26MB totally, but you won't
need all of them.
NEW: The package is currently in /incoming of hobbes.nmsu.edu. The intended
final location is /os2/unix/XFree86.
I haven't uploaded it to ftp.leo.org yet, because currently this host is
unreachable by me. As soon as I find it reachable again, I'll put the stuff
up there as well.
In order to save net bandwidth and save money, get the files 00README.1ST
(or 01README.1ST on some archives) and 312Dbase.zip first and leave the
other files alone until you have read what you really want to have.
You might also get the files README.OS2, X11OS2.FAQ, and LATEST.OS2 for
more detailed information.
Other sources of information:
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I'll use the news groups
comp.os.os2.announce for announcements,
comp.os.os2.programmer.porting for porting/programming issues, and
comp.os.os2.setup.misc for installation problems
and will also be present in these newsgroups. Please avoid excessive
cross-posting, and use an appropriate subject.
You might also find new information from the URL
http://borneo.gmd.de/~veit/os2/xf86os2.html.
There is no mailing list yet, but we'll try to establish one provided there
is sufficient interest. Please note that if you got this message via e-mail
that this is not a mailing list and won't work for broadcasting.
Please report bugs to me (Holger.Veit@gmd.de), not to a newsgroup, because
I would possibly miss them otherwise. However, read all the enclosed documents
and X11 documentation first to be sure that this is really a bug.
Have fun,
Holger Veit, Sebastien Marineau and The XFree86 Project
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