Whats this x windows system about

linuxmandrake · 09-17-2004, 08:16 AM

I went on a website talking about running ureal 2004 using an x windows system. Is it a program that allows u to run windows programs on linux like wine.

philip_bonev · 09-17-2004, 08:29 AM

Hi,

X Window System is the Graphical system (XFree or Xorg in most cases) and every distribution(or 90% of them, comes with one).

masand · 09-17-2004, 08:33 AM

hi

Nope,x windows is not like wine
all the graphics on linux work on X window system

then on this X windows u have he variuos Desktop like the Kde,Gnome etc etc

regards

barisdemiray · 09-17-2004, 08:36 AM

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Originally posted by linuxmandrake
I went on a website talking about running ureal 2004 using an x windows system. Is it a program that allows u to run windows programs on linux like wine.

No, X Window System is network-based graphical infrastructure used in GNU/Linux. Here is a definition from the X Window HOW-TO:

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The X Window System is an advanced, graphical computing and network environment that was designed from the ground up as a multi-user system. X was first released in 1984.
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If `ureal 2004' is Unreal Tournament 2004 then it has a native Linux version and is not running with a program like wine. And, please, be careful about the name of X Window System; it's not X _Windows_ System.

linuxmandrake · 09-17-2004, 09:57 AM

so basically it's just the gui I see when i login on linux right?

rshaw · 09-17-2004, 10:06 AM

the gui is the window manager, kde,gnome,blackbox,etc.. the xwindow system lives between the gui and the hardware.

barisdemiray · 09-17-2004, 10:06 AM

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Originally posted by linuxmandrake
so basically it's just the gui I see when i login on linux right?

May be we could say like that but infact it's the `window manager' (which uses X Window to create GUI) that you see. I think this definition is more better. When you switch between window makers, colors change, styles change,.. etc. but all of them uses X Window to display these.

masand · 09-17-2004, 10:07 AM

hi

nowadays , when u login in to linux u see the desktops lke KDE,GNOME ,whihc are running on X server(X Packages).

X server is required to run any type of gui appliaction on linux

regards

linuxmandrake · 09-17-2004, 12:28 PM

Oh right i understand now thanks guys.