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New directory in the OpenBSD CVS repository: xenocara. Still installing everything in /usr/X11R6 ... OpenBSD local changes. git.xenocara.org had a start at ...

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Xenocara integrating X.Org in OpenBSDPage 1Xenocara integrating X.Org in OpenBSDMatthieu HerrbOpenBSD/X.OrgFOSDEM February 24 2007Page 2Agenda1Introduction2Xenocara3Lessons in X development4OpenBSD & X security5ConclusionsPage 3Agenda1Introduction2Xenocara3Lessons in X development4OpenBSD & X security5ConclusionsPage 4OpenBSDRemainder:OpenBSD is a free multiplatform OS based on BSD 4.4.Focus on usability portability correctness and proactivesecurity.One release every six months.Current version is 4.0 released Dec 1.Kernel userland & docs maintained by the same people.Base system includes the X window system with a minimal setof applications (fvwm xterm etc.)Third party applications (inc. KDE Gnome OpenOffice)available through the ports mechanism.Page 5FeaturesStrong networking capabilities:the PF packet filterrouting daemons: OpenBGPd OpenOSPFd ripdIPSec IPv6high availability: CARP pfsync sasyncd hoststatedspamdHardware support:wireless adaptersdisk controllers including RAID managementethernet cardsgraphics cards.Page 6OpenBSD portsGoal: to provide binary packages of 3rd party applications builtfrom their source with patches to customise/fit them better onOpenBSD.The ports source tree contains:references to the original sources and how to fetch thema human readable description of the portdependencies data (including shared lib revisions)a packing list which describes whats installeda make based build infrastructure that controls:fetching the sources and patchingconfiguring/compiling with the provided toolsinstalling into a temporary location and building the binarypackage.installing the binary package into its final destination(/usr/local).Page 7Agenda1Introduction2Xenocara3Lessons in X development4OpenBSD & X security5ConclusionsPage 8X in OpenBSDX has been integrated in OpenBSDs source for a long time(XFree86 3.3 then 4.x and now X.Org 6.8 and 6.9).OpenBSD ships the applications in the old monolith tree plus someaddons:fvwm wm2: alternatives to ...

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