# Release Notes for XFree86® 4.8.0

  1. Introduction to the 4.x Release Series
  2. Configuration: a Quick Synopsis
  3. Summary of new features in 4.8.0.
    3.1. Security Updates
    3.2. Video Driver Enhancements
      3.2.1. ati, atimisc, r128 and radeon
      3.2.2. i830
    3.3. XKB updates
    3.4. SHAPE Extension
    3.5. X Servers
      3.5.1. XFree86 core server and modules
      3.5.2. TinyX
      3.5.3. Xprt
      3.5.4. Xdmx
      3.5.5. GLX and Mesa
      3.5.6. XAA
    3.6. OS Support Updates
    3.7. Xft Library
    3.8. xdm
  4. Drivers
    4.1. Video Drivers
    4.2. Input Drivers
  5. Known Problems
  6. Overview of XFree86 4.x.
    6.1. Loader and Modules
    6.2. Configuration
    6.3. Command Line Options
    6.4. XAA
    6.5. Multi-head
    6.6. Xinerama
    6.7. DGA version 2
    6.8. DDC
      6.8.1. Changed behavior caused by DDC.
    6.9. GLX and the Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI)
    6.10. XVideo Extension (Xv)
    6.11. X Rendering Extension (Render)
      6.11.1. The Xft Library
      6.11.2. FreeType support in Xft
      6.11.3. Application Support For Anti-Aliased Text
    6.12. Other extensions
    6.13. xedit
    6.14. Font support
    6.15. TrueType support
    6.16. CID font support
    6.17. Internationalisation of the scalable font backends
    6.18. Large font optimisation
    6.19. Unicode/ISO 10646 support
    6.20. Xlib Compose file support and extensions
    6.21. Luxi fonts from Bigelow and Holmes
  7. Credits
  8. Attributions/Acknowledgements