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==Adoption== ; Unix and Linux : The X.Org Server runs on many free-software [[Unix-like]] operating systems, including being adopted for use by most [[Linux distribution]]s and [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]] variants. It is also the X server for the [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]] operating system. X.Org is also available in the repositories of [[MINIX|Minix 3]]. ; Windows : [[Cygwin/X]], [[Cygwin]]'s implementation of the X server for [[Microsoft Windows]], uses the X.Org Server, as do VcXsrv<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/marchaesen/vcxsrv |title=VcXsrv Windows X Server |publisher=Github.com |access-date=2024-02-07}}</ref> ([[Visual C++]] X-server<ref>{{cite web | url = http://vcxsrv.sourceforge.net/ | title = VcXsrv Windows X Server | website = SourceForge.net | access-date = 2013-06-23 | quote = Windows X-server based on the xorg git sources (like xming or cygwin's xwin), but compiled with Visual C++ 2010.}}</ref>) and [[Xming]]. SSH clients such as [[PuTTY]] allow launching of X applications through X11 forwarding on the condition that it is enabled on both the server and client. ; OS X / macOS : [[OS X]] versions prior to [[Mac OS X Leopard]] (10.5) shipped with an XFree86-based server, but 10.5's X server adopted the X.Org codebase.<ref>[http://lists.apple.com/archives/x11-users/2007/Jun/msg00026.html Re: Xorg in Leopard?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213233353/http://lists.apple.com/archives/x11-users/2007/Jun/msg00026.html |date=13 February 2012 }}, From: Ben Byer, Date: 29 June 2007, Apple Mailing Lists</ref> Starting with [[OS X Mountain Lion]], (10.8) X11 is not bundled in OS X; instead, it has to be installed from, for example, the open source [[XQuartz]] project.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.macrumors.com/2012/02/17/apple-removes-x11-in-os-x-mountain-lion-shifts-support-to-open-source-xquartz/ | title=Apple Removes X11 in OS X Mountain Lion, Shifts Support to Open Source XQuartz | publisher=MacRumors | date=17 February 2012 | access-date=23 February 2012 |last=Slivka |first=Eric}}</ref> As of version 2.7.4, X11.app/XQuartz does not expose support for high-resolution [[Retina display]]s to X11 apps, which run in pixel-doubled mode on high-resolution displays. ; OpenVMS : Current versions of the DECwindows X11 server for [[OpenVMS]] are based on X.org Server.<ref name="vms-8.4-spd">{{cite web | url = https://vmssoftware.com/docs/VSI_OVMS_SPDQS_OS_V842L1I_UPD1.pdf | title = Software Product Description and QuickSpecs - VSI OpenVMS Version 8.4-2L1 for Integrity servers | publisher = VMS Software Inc. | date = July 2019 | access-date = 2021-01-02 }}</ref>
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