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Signed-off-by: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/merge_requests/2220>
2026-06-06 16:52:27 +00:00
.gitlab-ci test: add pytest-based test suite 2026-05-10 23:42:43 +00:00
composite composite: fix potential mem leak in PanoramiXCompositeNameWindowPixmap 2026-04-16 22:22:19 +00:00
config config: Fix build with udev disabled 2026-05-11 23:58:47 +00:00
damageext damageext: fix wrong REQUEST_SIZE_MATCH type in SProcDamageAdd 2026-04-24 01:09:42 +00:00
dbe Zero out structs to avoid leaking information via padding 2026-04-24 01:14:55 +00:00
dix dix: increase XLFDMAXFONTNAMELEN to match libXfont2's MAXFONTNAMELEN 2026-06-01 08:31:59 +10:00
doc meson: replace join_paths() with / operator 2026-03-28 10:02:41 -07:00
dri3 dri: prevent out-of-bounds read in dri3_fd_from_pixmap 2026-01-25 10:40:03 -08:00
exa Fix typos 2026-03-03 06:50:01 -03:00
fb fb: quiet -Wanalyzer-out-of-bounds warnings in fbOverlayCopyWindow() 2026-04-04 15:55:21 +00:00
glamor Fix typos 2026-03-03 06:50:01 -03:00
glx glx: fix duplicate tagInfo->vendor = NULL assignment 2026-06-02 01:09:12 +00:00
hw dri2: Deduplicate attachments in do_get_buffer 2026-06-01 08:31:59 +10:00
include os/auth: prefer getrandom() over arc4random_buf() and /dev/urandom 2026-05-10 23:28:33 +00:00
man meson: replace join_paths() with / operator 2026-03-28 10:02:41 -07:00
mi mi: Handle allocation failure in XYToWindow() spriteTrace realloc 2026-04-28 02:37:43 +00:00
miext sync: fix deletion of counters and fences 2026-06-01 08:31:59 +10:00
os os: check ospoll allocation failures 2026-05-23 16:30:21 +00:00
present present: actually return the created notifies 2026-05-10 23:37:05 +00:00
pseudoramiX pseudoramiX: add missing byte swapping in various fields 2026-04-24 01:55:37 +00:00
randr randr/rrsdispatch: reject invalid format in SProcRRChangeProviderProperty 2026-05-10 23:28:33 +00:00
record Strip trailing whitespace from source files 2026-01-25 10:40:02 -08:00
render cursor: fix AllocARGBCursor leak/double-free for psrcbits/pmaskbits/argb 2026-05-17 23:57:42 +00:00
test test/pyxtest: add test for ScreenSaverFreeAttr stale pPriv code path 2026-06-02 09:41:08 +10:00
Xext saver: re-fetch screen private after CheckScreenPrivate in CreateSaverWindow 2026-06-01 08:31:59 +10:00
xfixes xfixes: Check request length for SetClientDisconnectMode 2026-01-25 10:40:01 -08:00
Xi Xi/exevents: fix off-by-one in UpdateDeviceState valuator bounds check 2026-05-10 23:28:33 +00:00
xkb xkb: clamp nMaps to mapWidths buffer size in CheckKeyTypes 2026-06-01 08:31:59 +10:00
.appveyor.yml appveyor: Add libxcvt build dep 2021-11-04 13:03:25 +00:00
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.gitlab-ci.yml test: add pytest-based test suite 2026-05-10 23:42:43 +00:00
.mailmap Update mailmap for Peter Harris 2026-01-25 10:40:01 -08:00
.travis.yml travis: Add OSX meson build to matrix 2019-05-02 15:42:58 +00:00
COPYING COPYING: update copyright dates/holders for remaining existing licenses 2026-06-06 16:52:27 +00:00
meson.build meson: raise minimum supported version to meson 1.0.0 2026-05-15 04:05:58 +00:00
meson_options.txt os: drop SUN-DES-1 authentication 2026-01-25 10:39:53 -08:00
README.md Fix spelling/wording issues 2020-07-05 13:07:33 -07:00
SECURITY.md Create a SECURITY.md file 2026-01-25 10:40:03 -08:00
xorg-server.m4 Strip trailing whitespace from source files 2026-01-25 10:40:02 -08:00
xorg-server.pc.in pkgconfig files: Add URL 2026-01-25 10:40:01 -08:00
xserver.ent.in doc: relocate xserver.ent in the package root directory 2011-05-14 11:22:26 -07:00

X Server

The X server accepts requests from client applications to create windows, which are (normally rectangular) "virtual screens" that the client program can draw into.

Windows are then composed on the actual screen by the X server (or by a separate composite manager) as directed by the window manager, which usually communicates with the user via graphical controls such as buttons and draggable titlebars and borders.

For a comprehensive overview of X Server and X Window System, consult the following article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_server

All questions regarding this software should be directed at the Xorg mailing list:

https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg

The primary development code repository can be found at:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver

For patch submission instructions, see:

https://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/SubmittingPatches

As with other projects hosted on freedesktop.org, X.Org follows its Code of Conduct, based on the Contributor Covenant. Please conduct yourself in a respectful and civilized manner when using the above mailing lists, bug trackers, etc:

https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/CodeOfConduct