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See the following pages for more information: The current X.Org release is [:Releases/7.3:X11R7.3]. The next major release will be [:Releases/7.4:X11R7.4]. Information about all [:XorgReleases:releases] is available. (*Important: If you have an older release, please see the SecurityPage for information on security updates.*)
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 * See [:News:this page] for miscellaneous news about the X.Org tree.
 * A listing of available XorgReleases of the X Window System.

== News and upcoming Events ==

 * [http://linux.conf.au/], Melbourne, Australia, Jan 28 - Feb 2

See also: ["News"] and [:PressReleases:Press Releases]

== Most Recent Releases ==
=== Current X.Org Foundation release ===
X.Org has released [:Releases/7.3:X11R7.3]. [:XorgReleases:Click here] for a list of all X.Org releases.

Important: If you have an older release, please see the SecurityPage for information on security updates.

=== Next X.Org Foundation release ===

The next major release will be 7.4. The ReleaseSchedule should be updated with the timeline for that release after XDS. See the ReleaseSchedule for the timeline. For a list of proposed changes, please read ChangesForX11R74.		 You may be interested in:
 * Development-related [:News:news].
 * X.Org and related [:Events:events].
 * [:PressReleases:Press releases].
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== Recent Events ==

 * [http://live.gnome.org/BostonSummit Gnome Summit], Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 6 through 8.
 * [:Events/XDS2007:X.Org Developers' Summit 2007], Cambridge, England, September 10 through 12.
 * [http://guadec.org/ GUADEC 2007], Birmingham, England, July 15 through 21, 2007.
 * [:fosdem2007:xorg@fosdem], February 24, 25 2007. Brussels, Belgium.
 * The 2007 ["Xorg Developer's Conference"] was held on February 7, 8, and 9 in the San Francisco Bay Area. See [:XDC2007Notes:] for the talk transcript.

Events more than a year old are [:Events/History:archived].

The X.Org Foundation

The X.Org project provides an open source implementation of the X Window System. The development work is being done in conjunction with the [http://freedesktop.org freedesktop.org] community. The [:XorgFoundation:X.Org Foundation] is the educational non-profit corporation whose [:BoardOfDirectors:Board] serves this effort, and whose [http://members.x.org Members] lead this work.

The current X.Org release is [:Releases/7.3:X11R7.3]. The next major release will be [:Releases/7.4:X11R7.4]. Information about all [:XorgReleases:releases] is available. (*Important: If you have an older release, please see the SecurityPage for information on security updates.*)

You may be interested in:

Development snapshots

Development snapshots are currently on hiatus; most modules now update slowly enough that frequent snapshots aren't needed.

Reporting problems, asking questions and getting help

Development

If you are interested in helping in our efforts to improve the X Window System technology, please have a look at our DevelopersPages. Please remember that X is just one component of the overall free desktop and that therefore future X enhancements should be thought through with this perspective.

Information for developers

X.Org Foundation Workgroups

Fixing bugs

Bugs assigned to the pseudo-user xorg-team@lists.x.org need someone to take ownership of them. If you feel qualified to fix the bug, feel free to take ownership of the bug by reassigning it to yourself.

Submitting patches

Attach your patches to a bug on [https://bugs.freedesktop.org freedesktop bugzilla]. You can also submit your patches to the appropriate XorgMailingLists for additional review.

To Do

See the ToDo page for a list of tasks that need to be done specific to Xorg. A more comprehensive list [http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/FreedesktopProjects of unfinished X related projects] (not necessarily involving working on the server itself) is also available.

Mailing Lists

On XorgMailingLists you can find a list of X-related mailing lists hosted on lists.freedesktop.org. More mailing lists on X Window System and related technologies along with subscription directions are available at [http://lists.x.org/ XOrg Foundation].

Mirrors

Here is a list of ["Mirrors"] from which you can download the X Window System.

If you would like to be a mirror, please send mail to mirror_admin@x.org .

Security

For security advisories please check our SecurityPage.

Please notify us of any security issues by sending mail to xorg_security@x.org .

Acknowledgements

Our thanks go to [http://www.pdx.edu/ Portland State University] for providing the hosting of freedesktop.org and to Hewlett Packard for providing the freedesktop.org system.

Our thanks also go to the many other contributors to the X Window System technology over the years, as noted in the [http:/X11R6.8.0/doc/RELNOTES6.html release notes].