Installing and Setting Up XFree86 4.0.1

Part 1 - What is XFree86 and Downloading the files

What is XFree86?
XFree86 is a free implementations of the X Windows System.
 
What is so special about XFree86 4.0.1
4.0 and 4.0.1 bring a new era to XFree86 and the X Windows System. It makes writing drivers for Graphics Cards much simpler. It also has major speed improvements due to a new hardware interface.
 
The first thing we need to do is download the nessicary files to install XFree86 4.0.1. Lets do this using the ncftp client that comes with almost all Linux distributions.
To run ncftp just type: ncftp at the command line, then you will be at the ncftp prompt that looks like this ncftp>
 
Now type open ftp.xfree86.org
 
Change to the correct directory like this: cd /pub/XFree86/4.0.1/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc21/
 
Now download the nessicary files like this: mget *
(Note this may take awhile these are some big files; 40Mb worth)
If your download timed out you can pickup where you left off by retyping mget *
 
Once your download is finished type bye to disconnect from the ftp server
 
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