X.Org Server 1.7.7 To Be Released Soon

While X Server 1.8 has been around for almost one month, Peter Hutterer for now is still maintaining the X.Org Server 1.7 series before turning over to the 1.8 branch in the coming weeks. He’s now in the process of preparing to release X.Org Server 1.7.7.

For those that are not yet migrating to X.Org Server 1.8 with its xorg.conf.d support, libudev support replacing HAL, and other changes, the 1.7.7 release should be out soon. Peter released a X Server 1.7.7 release candidate earlier this month, but coming this afternoon is a second and potentially final release candidate.

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