XWindows ?

[Bushtree]

i heard something from a friend that XWindows is something that allows you to run windows programs on Lniux.

what experence do you guys have with this? if its good do you know where i can get it?

[jglen490]

No.

The X window system is the primary Unix/Linux system that provides the environment for window managers and/or GUIs.

While it is possible to run M$ products under Linux, X window is not the mechanism for doing that.

I would suggest a site, http://www.xwinman.org/index.html , that will give you some idea about window managers and GUIs in Linux and then of course http://www.xfree86.org/ , which is the main site for the free implementtion of X window.

It is not Xwindows, but rather X window. Happy learning !!

[Bushtree]

k thanks

[Dreamscape]

You can run Windows programs on Linux, but that requires emulation. You can also run Linux programs on a Windows box, but probably not in the way you are thinking.

All the X Server does is take basic input (ie keyboard) and spit out basic output (ie monitor).

For example, I can remotely log into a Linux machine via telnet. Then starting an X server, the output from that computer is displayed on my computer. Unlike Windows, the actual program is not run on my processor, it is run on the other computer's processor, only the output is shown on my computer. The following makes more sense:


http://linuxworld.sys-con.com/story/32766.htm

"X11 is a network-enabled client/server graphics engine. If you use Linux, you're likely to be using the XFree86 version of X11R6.

The concept of X11 is simple, although the way X11 defines client and server are counterintuitive to the average user. An X11 server does little more than paint graphics on the screen and accept input from devices like a mouse or keyboard. You run an X11 server on the machine you are using to do work, which is the computer you normally think of as your client machine. The X11 server runs on your client. Remember that.

The X11 definition of client is an application, such as a word processor. The magic of X11 is that you can run this client application on your local machine, on any of the servers in your company, on the computer in the cubicle next to you or on a computer thousands of miles away. All other things being equal, you won't be able to tell the difference no matter where this application runs.

To recap: the X11 client application does all the useful work, like formatting paragraphs, spell-checking, etc. The X11 server running on your local computer simply serves up graphics and keyboard-input functions to that client.

X11 stops there. Outside of what I've described above, X11 is remarkably free of any end-user features. For example, it doesn't provide a way to move, resize or otherwise arrange application windows."