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

The latest release of the full X.Org stack is [[X11R7.7|Releases/7.7]], though many individual X.Org modules have had new versions released since then - see [[the xorg-announce archives|http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/]] for details of those releases.  The next full stack release will be [[X11R7.8|Releases/7.8]].  Information about all [[releases|Releases]] is available.  _(Important: If you have an older release, please see the [[Security page|Development/Security]] for information on security updates.)_ 

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You may be interested in: 

* [[The 2016 Election to the X.Org Foundation BoD & Vote on Bylaw Changes|/BoardOfDirectors/Elections/2016/]]
* [[Results of the 2015 Election to the X.Org Foundation BoD & Vote on Bylaw Changes|/BoardOfDirectors/Elections/2015Results/]]
* [[Documentation]] 
* Development-related [[news|News]]. 
* X.Org [[events|Events]]. 
* [[Press releases|Other/Press]]. 
* [[The Annual Report on the State of the X.Org Foundation|XorgFoundation/Reports/]] 
* [[Related projects|RelatedProjects]]. 

## Reporting problems, asking questions and getting help

* Check to see if your question is answered in the [[FAQ]]. 
* Use the `xorg` product in the [[freedesktop bugzilla|https://bugs.freedesktop.org]] to report bugs against X.Org. ([[Gnome's bugzilla suggestions|http://bugzilla.gnome.org/]] are well worth looking over if you are new to reporting bugs with systems like bugzilla.) 
* Check the [[Xorg mailing list archives|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/]] 
* Send other questions or comments to [[the xorg mailing list|mailto:xorg@freedesktop.org]]. 
* Or get help on [[XorgIRC]]. 

## Development

* The [[DeveloperStart]] page includes information for developers along with links to per-module developer pages. 

## 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 [[XOrg Foundation|http://lists.x.org/]]. 


## Getting X

The best place to get X is from your operating system or distribution vendor.  X.Org currently provides no binaries. 

There are many [[Mirrors]] from which you can download source code to the X Window System. If you would like to be a mirror, feel free to do so and add yourself to the [[Mirrors]] page. 

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


## Security

For security advisories please check our [[SecurityPage]]. 

Please notify us of any security issues by sending mail to [[xorg_security@x.org|mailto:xorg_security@x.org]] . 


## Sponsorship

The X.Org Foundation welcomes sponsorship (both cash and in-kind), and tries hard to put the donations of sponsors to transparent good use.  The Foundation is an extremely low-overhead all-volunteer organization.  If you are interested in contributing, please see our [[SponsorshipPage|SponsorshipPage]]. 


## Acknowledgements

Our thanks go to [[Portland State University|http://www.pdx.edu/]] and [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|http://web.mit.edu]] for providing the hosting of x.org/freedesktop.org, to [[Sun|http://sun.com]] and [[HP|http://hp.com]] for providing the x.org/freedesktop.org hardware, and to Sun and others who have provided generous financial sponsorship and in-kind support. 

Our thanks also go to the contributors to the X Window System technology over the years. Many of these are acknowledged in previous distribution [[release notes|http://www.x.org/X11R6.8.0/doc/RELNOTES6.html]]. 

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## Copying

The content of this wiki is licensed under the <a href="http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php" rel="license">MIT License</a> unless stated otherwise by the author of specific wiki pages.

This license has been selected to ease documentation sharing with the xserver source code.