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Old 04-04-2008, 04:41 AM   #8
alfie2
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Originally Posted by tomster2300
An update on everything: I switched to NeoOffice on my Macbook and have really been enjoying it so far. I bought a copy of Microsoft Office 2007 for my desktop, so no more OpenOffice there either (although I still keep a copy installed).

What is x11 and why did Ooo require the use of it? It was just a pain to use imo.
X11, if I can recall is a patented "Xwindows" environment. a "FREE version" is call "XFree386".
it is like "windows 3.1" in DOS days. actually windows-line of product steal( err, copy) a lot of stuffs from Xwindows!!!
X11 sits on top of an UNIX operating systems, providing a common "GUI" or "windows-like" interface for Applications like word processors, spreadsheet, editors, games and such....

as we all know OSX is an UNIX variance, so it can/will use X11.
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