# Release Notes for XFree86® 4.8.0

## The XFree86 Project, Inc

December 2008

This document contains information about the various features and their current status in the XFree86 4.8.0 release.

### 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
  3.3. XKB updates
  3.4. SHAPE Extension
  3.5. X Servers
  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
  6.9. GLX and the Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI)
  6.10. XVideo Extension (Xv)
  6.11. X Rendering Extension (Render)
  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

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