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<p>freedesktop.org (fd.o), formerly X Desktop Group (XDG), is a project to work on interoperability and shared base technology for <a href="/facts/Free_software/IaoVtJXn">free-software</a> <a href="/facts/Desktop_environment/VXBpMWnG">desktop environments</a> for the <a href="/facts/X_Window_System/ac2vRIQL">X Window System</a> (X11) and <a href="/facts/Wayland_(protocol)/I9I1TbEG">Wayland</a> on <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a> and other <a href="/facts/Unix-like/YAKrAxzd">Unix-like</a> <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating systems</a>. Although freedesktop.org produces specifications for interoperability, it is not a formal standards body. </p><p>The project was founded by <a href="/facts/Havoc_Pennington/eLooeFJw">Havoc Pennington</a>, a <a href="/facts/GNOME/EFMNBmpR">GNOME</a> developer working for <a href="/facts/Red_Hat/5rhmBLBa">Red Hat</a> in March 2000. Widely used <a href="/facts/Open-source_software/HzTaB8E9">open-source</a> X-based desktop projects, such as GNOME, <a href="/facts/KDE_Plasma/ao7x6z7s">KDE's Plasma Desktop</a>, and <a href="/facts/Xfce/dsDLWxx1">Xfce</a>, are collaborating with the freedesktop.org project. In 2006, the project released <a href="/facts/Portland_Project/AmasC276">Portland 1.0</a> (xdg-utils), a set of common interfaces for desktop environments. freedesktop.org joined the <a href="/facts/X.Org_Foundation/YGJCfVRM">X.Org Foundation</a> in 2019. Some of the project's servers are hosted by <a href="/facts/Portland_State_University/uzc2z68w">Portland State University</a>. </p>