XFree86 Release Plans

The XFree86 Project is currently working on two development streams. One is the stable 3.3.x series of releases and the other is the next major release: 4.0. Most of our effort is focused on 4.0.

NOTE: All estimated release dates shown here are approximate and intentionally vague. Please resist the temptation to ask for more precise dates because such dates do not exist. If they did, they would be shown here. If schedules change, this page will be updated accordingly.


XFree86 3.3.x

XFree86 3.3.6 was released at the end of December 1999. No date has been set for the next 3.3.x release.


XFree86 4.0

Our next major release will be 4.0. The fourth and final pre-4.0 snapshot (3.9.18) was released in late February 2000. We're planning to release 4.0 in early March 2000. The current snapshot is "beta" level, partly because it only includes a fairly limited range of hardware support. A lot of the new features are in place, but at varying levels of completion.

Further information about these snapshots can be found at our snapshots page.

We still have a lot of work to do before the 4.0 release is ready. The list below is some of what we have planned for the 4.0 release. This feature list may change as development progresses. We're only showing it here to give people an idea of what we're aiming for with 4.0.


Last updated: 22 February 2000