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-The version
of the X Window System most commonly used on GNU/[Linux] operating systems, including [GNOME] and [KDE] desktop environments.
+XFree86 is an implementation
of the X Window System, the windowing system
most commonly used on GNU/[Linux] operating systems, including underneath the
[GNOME] and [KDE] desktop environments.
The current version of the [X11] protocol is 11, and the current release of this version is 6, so you might see things like X11R6.
See the [XServer] page for background info of the XFree86 and related implementations.
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+After a relicensing in 2004, XFree86 was forked and the [XOrg] implementation quickly became the standard implementation of the X11 protocol.
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From the X(1) manual page:
The X Consortium requests that the following names be used
