8. Source and binary archive sites

Source patches are available to upgrade X11R6.3 PL2 from the X Consortium (now The Open Group) to XFree86 3.3.6. Binaries for many OSs are also available. The distribution is available from:

• ftp://ftp.XFree86.org/pub/XFree86

and the following mirror sites:

• North America:
  • ftp://ftp.infomagic.com/pub/mirrors/XFree86-current (source and binaries)
  • ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/X/XFree86 and http://www.rge.com/pub/X/XFree86 (source and binaries)
  • ftp://ftp.varesearch.com/pub/mirrors/xfree86 (source and binaries)
  • ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/pub/XFree86 (source and binaries)
  • ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/mirrors/xfree86 (source and binaries)
• Europe:
  • ftp://fvkma.tu-graz.ac.at/pub/XFree86 (source and binaries)
  • ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/hci/X11/XFree86 and http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/hci/X11/XFree86 (source and binaries)
  • ftp://ftp.fee.vutbr.cz/pub/XFree86 (source patches and binaries)
  • ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/xfree86/XFree86 (source and binaries)
  • ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/X/mirror/ftp.xfree86.org (source and binaries)
  • ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/X/XFree86 (source and binaries)
  • ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/Linux/MIRROR.xfree86 (source and Linux binaries)
  • ftp://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/X11/Xfree86 (source and binaries)
  • ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/X11/XFree86 (source and binaries)
  • ftp://ftp.ibp.fr/pub/X11/XFree86 (source and binaries)
  • ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/XFree86 (source and binaries)
  • ftp://ftp.pvv.unit.no/pub/XFree86 (source and binaries)
  • ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/XFree86 (source and binaries)
• Asia/Australia:
  • ftp://x.physics.usyd.edu.au/pub/XFree86 (source and binaries)
  • ftp://ftp.netlab.is.tsukuba.ac.jp/pub/XFree86 (source and binaries)
  • ftp://ftp.iij.ad.jp/pub/X/XFree86/XFree86 (source and binaries)
  • ftp://ftp.kreonet.re.kr/pub/Linux/xfree86 (source and binaries)

Ensure that you are getting XFree86 3.3.6 - some of these sites may archive older releases as well. Check the RELNOTES to find which files you need to take from the archive.

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