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11-26-2008, 05:48 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Nov 2008
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what is the difference between Xwindow and Xserver
what is the difference between Xwindow and Xserver
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11-26-2008, 06:43 AM
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Registered: Feb 2005
Location: London, UK
Distribution: Gentoo
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Well, Xwindow, or just x-windows, or X11 is the x windowing system that implements the x display protocol.
Xserver is the software that actually does all this .e.g xorg server is one implementation. there are others
There is a long article on Wikipedia about xwindows.
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11-26-2008, 07:54 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: Annapolis, MD
Distribution: Mint
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Sounds like homework to me.....
If no follow-up from OP, I recommend no further responses
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11-26-2008, 08:57 AM
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I guess Xwindow handles just the low level GRAPHIC part. Xserver (rather similar to xorg) incorporates graphics, keyboard, mouse, mouse pad, etc, all other things.
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11-26-2008, 01:52 PM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: Annapolis, MD
Distribution: Mint
Posts: 17,809
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Quote:
Originally Posted by centguy
I guess Xwindow handles just the low level GRAPHIC part. Xserver (rather similar to xorg) incorporates graphics, keyboard, mouse, mouse pad, etc, all other things.
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I believe that the general usage is that "X-Windows" means the overall suite of utilities---everything else is a subset.
BUT--we need to see if OP is still with us. |
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11-26-2008, 01:54 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: Pensacola, FL
Distribution: Slackware64® Current & Arch
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Another "drive by" thread.....?
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11-26-2008, 01:55 PM
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disregard......
Last edited by SqdnGuns; 11-26-2008 at 01:56 PM.
Reason: double post
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11-26-2008, 08:43 PM
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sorry I googled search for the meaning of OP. I could find nothing, the closest is OPerating system (that I think should be more appropriately abbreviated as OS). Care to explain OP to me ? thanks!
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11-26-2008, 09:21 PM
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Location: Nashville
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Op is simply the operator of the thread or the person that started the thread. Or at least that is what I have always taken op to mean.
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11-26-2008, 09:47 PM
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OP = Original Poster
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11-26-2008, 10:11 PM
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Registered: Oct 2005
Location: Lithuania
Distribution: Hybrid
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Quote:
Originally Posted by centguy
I guess Xwindow handles just the low level GRAPHIC part. Xserver (rather similar to xorg) incorporates graphics, keyboard, mouse, mouse pad, etc, all other things.
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Xserver is called xSERVER because it can work even in headless environment and still give graphical access to clients using display manager. Whole server-client connection is implemented using XDMCP protocol. |
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