XFree86 was a significant project in the history of Linux and Unix. Its high-performance and flexible implementation of the X Window System helped to establish Linux and Unix as viable alternatives to proprietary operating systems. Although the project is no longer actively maintained, its legacy lives on in the X.org server and other modern graphics systems. XFree86's impact on the development of Linux and Unix is a testament to the power of open-source software and collaborative development.

This architecture was network-transparent. A user could run a computationally heavy application on a supercomputer in another city (the client) and display its graphical interface on their local PC (the server) using XFree86.

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