OK, for those of you that haven't heard the news: XFree86 has been forked. I've been working on autotooling the DDX (server build, essentially), which has been a nightmare. The build system was old, crufty, and crap, and finding out exactly what you need to build has been difficult, at best. However, I've been brute forcing my way through the mess, and we're approximating being close to having a linking server. I think our initial mid-March release target was a little optimistic, but I don't think we'll slip too far past then.

That said, it's been one hell of a ride, and a fantastic learning experience. There are still many things I'm learning as I go along, and I hope it doesn't stop. I'm an intuitive learner: I learn by going out and having a bash at stuff until it works (or not, either way). Xizzle (the name for our DDX) has been absolutely fantastic for this - I've learnt heaps, and had a blast.

All the drivers have been imported (but only ATI has been autotooled), and we're making very good progress towards having a Linux build. If you're a FreeBSD toolchain whiz, please give me a yell (I've had no success with the bastard thing), or also if you're a GNU toolchain wizard (linker weirdness ...). If you have another architecture, and you want to help with that and testing, give me a shout.

Hell, if you have anything that could be useful, including enthusiasm, give me a shout. There's a lot of work to be done, and volunteers are more than welcome. We're taking X back to the community.