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Glossary ❘ 57XFSX Font Server.XftAn extension introduced in XFree86 for managing glyph images of vector fonts at client side. This allowsX applications to add special effects to the glyphs, such as anti-aliasing.XFree86A free X Window implementation for PC, although Mac is also supported. It is developed on top of thefree source code from the X consortium (X.org), along with hardware drivers and some extensions. Itused to be the only X Window implementation for FOSS on PC, until recent forks 1by efforts such asXouvert, freedesktop.org X server, Keith Packard’s kdrive, and X11R6.7, the latest one which is endorsedby X.org itself. (See also: X.org.)XIMX Input Method framework, introduced in X11R6 as part of its I18N. It makes complicated text inputprocesses, such as those for CJK, possible.XKBX Keyboard extension, introduced in X11R6 as part of its I18N. It provides a method to describe keyboardlayouts, to combine multiple layouts, and to switch between them.XOMX Output Method framework, introduced in X11R6 but fully implemented in X11R6.5.1 to provide complextext rendering. But its late arrival, when rendering engines like Pango have already matured, makes itsusefulness questionable.X.orgThe X consortium that maintains the X Window system. Normally, it maintains the X specification andprovides the framework implementation source code in free license. In early 2004, triggered by licensechange in XFree86, a group of developers forked XFree86 source and made it X11R6.7 release in thename of X.org.X ServerThe service that provides interface to graphical hardware and input devices in the X Window system. Itsclients are called X Clients. (See also: X Client.)X WindowA graphical environment initially developed by the Athena project at MIT with support from some vendors,and later maintained by the X consortium. X Window is the major graphical environment for most Unixvariants nowadays.1In software, a project fork or branch happens when a developer (or a group of them) takes code from a project and starts to developindependently of the rest. This schism can be caused because of different goals or personality clashes. Definition available atwww.wordiq.com/definition/Fork_(software)
ABOUT THE AUTHORSAnousak Souphavanh is a computer scientist, an ICT consultant and a GNU/Linux enthusiast. He obtainedhis B.S. in Computer Science from Binghamton University’s Watson School of Engineering and AppliedScience, The State University of New York and his Masters in Computer Science from the RochesterInstitute of Technology, New York. He was a senior systems administrator, technical lead person and networkspecialist for IBM in Rochester from 1995 to 2003. In 2003, he was an IT project manager for JhaiFoundation, managing a rural area IT project in Lao PDR. He is currently an IT consultant. He is an author ofLaonux (Laonux.muanglao.com), the Lao version of GNU/Linux (KDE). He is also working on several otherprojects for Lao language: OpenOffice.org, PHPNuke, and Mozilla. He is an active member of the Lao OpenSource community. His interest in GNU/Linux led him to initiate the Lao Linux User Group in Vientiane,Laos in 2003. He developed the Lao locale definition for GNU C library. He is also a leading voice on Laosupport in GNU/Linux desktops with several working groups.Theppitak Karoonboonyanan is a member of the Thai Linux Working Group (TLWG). He obtained hisB.Eng. (Honors) in Computer Engineering from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, in 1993.He has contributed significantly to Thai GNU/Linux localization. His first contribution was an enhancedversion of Thai string collation rules based on the Royal Institute’s model. He then developed the Thailocale definition for GNU C library based on it. He has contributed to many FOSS projects to establish Thaisupport infrastructure for GNU/Linux desktop, including XFree86, Pango, GLib, and GTK+.As a TLWG member, he helped the LibThai project to collect and develop routines for basic Thai Languageprocessing, and currently maintains the Thai LaTeX project and contributes to thaifonts-scalable, a Thaifont development project. Also, he tracks the overall status of Thai support in GNU/Linux desktops andoccasionally updates the group to keep up the momentum of development.He was a member of Linux TLE and was among the founding members of GNU/Linux localization projectat the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC). Currently, he freelances and hascontributed advice and experience to the development of Laonux, a Lao KDE-based GNU/Linux desktop,and developed solutions for other clients.58
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INTRODUCTIONThis primer provides a
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Introduction ❘ 3What is Free/Open
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