- Xsun
Infobox Software
name = Xsun
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developer =Sun Microsystems
released =November 1993
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operating system = Solaris
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genre =X Window System
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website =Xsun is an
X Window System (X11) server implementation included with theSolaris operating system , developed bySun Microsystems . It replaced the older "Xnews" server, which supported the display of not only X11 applications, but alsoNeWS andSunView programs. Xsun removed support for these legacy environments, and added support forDisplay PostScript .Xsun was first released as part of Solaris 2.3 in November 1993. It was originally based on X11 Release 5; the version included with Solaris 10 is based on X11R6.6.
Solaris 10 includes both Xsun and theX.Org Server , theopen-source software reference implementation of X, based on X11R7. The "Xorg" server is the most commonly used server forx86 systems, and the Xsun server remains the most commonly used forSPARC systems; Xorg support for SPARC was only added in Solaris 10 8/07, and has very limited driver support. [cite web
url = http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-0547/getjd?a=view#gfidl
title = What's New in the Solaris 10 8/07 Release
accessdate = 2008-07-23
work = Solaris 10 What's New
publisher = Sun Microsystems] TheOpenSolaris project has stated that the future direction for X support is via the Xorg implementation. [cite web
url = http://opensolaris.org/os/community/x_win/
title = OpenSolaris Community: X Window System
accessdate = 2008-07-23
quote = "Over time we are working to migrate the existing libraries and clients to build from the newer source base as well for future Solaris releases."]See also
*
OpenWindows
* CDEReferences
External links
* [http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/man-cgi?Xsun+1 Xsun Manual Page]
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