Freedesktop.org
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Freedesktop.org is a project to improve the desktop use of Linux. It tries to do this by developing a shared platform (low level libs and standard specifications) for desktop environments and applications.
It hosts many subprojects, including:
- DRI -- Linux 3D hardware acceleration support
- Cairo -- Vector graphics library
- D-BUS -- "message bus system", creates an easy way for applications to communicatie with each other.
- Fontconfig -- font configuration library
- Xorg -- The X server from X.org
External links
- Website (www.freedesktop.org)