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umm, first pick what X you want (yummy, choices!,)
xfree86 (you cant "legally" (well, potentially legally) use the new versions) or xorg-x11 (based off xfree86 just before it changed licenses, so this is compatible with the GPL no questions)
anyways, if you cant decide, xfree86 is rather easy i do think, tho i think slackware is going to use xorg (or has it already switched?) soon or now
OK, now just install it (umm, i don't know, is there a package installer in slackware?)
if not then your in for a LONG LONG LONG stay and screening at your computer (trust me, compiling a xserver from source is rather long, as theres no "configure" scripts, so you have to do it by hand
On the Slackware disk set is a directory called unsupported.............
in it is an XFree86 4.4 and it is a legal version that Pat V.
modified for use...............you can also get this version on most
FTP mirrors...........just look for the unsupported in Slackware 10 directories.
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