

X11
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 community. The X.Org Foundation is the educational non-profit corporation whose Board serves this effort, and whose Members...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
Features
- Desktop Widget
- Windows-like
- Desktop Environment
Tags
- User interface
- user-interfaces
- display-server
- x-window-system
- windowing-systems
- desktop-window-system
- desktop-window-systems
- windowing-system
- window-system
X11 News & Activities
Recent News
- Fla published news article about Kubuntu
Kubuntu 25.10 shifts to Wayland by default, drops X11 in new installsKubuntu 25.10 will no longer include X11 as the default session for new installations, switching to...
- POX published news article about GTK
GTK announces X11 deprecation in GTK 5, new experimental Android backend, and much moreThe GTK development team has announced the deprecation of the X11 and Broadway backends in their la...
- POX published news article about Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Red Hat to remove Xorg in favor of Wayland in RHEL 10 and future releasesRed Hat, a leading provider of open-source solutions, has announced its decision to remove Xorg ser...
Recent activities
- drliu1202 liked X11
- Alaik added X11 as alternative to Phoenix X server
- babsors liked X11
- RemovedUser added X11 as alternative to wayland-rs
What is X11?
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 community. The X.Org Foundation is the educational non-profit corporation whose Board serves this effort, and whose Members lead this work.










Comments and Reviews
Direct quote from Hector Martin, developer of Asahi Linux: “ It's [X11] all but unmaintained, broken in fundamental ways that cannot be fixed, unsuited to modern display hardware (like these machines), and we absolutely do not have the bandwidth to spend time on it. Distributions and major desktop environments are already dropping Xorg support. It's pointless to try to support it well today on a new platform.”