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How does the x window server system work?

Jun 23, 2009 by Joey | Posted in Programming & Design

I'm interested in understanding more about graphical applications within unixlike environments. I understand the basic idea of how graphical apps work in windows but all the info I find about x server in unix is very puzzling to me. Is it a piece of software

Forget the windows architecture—it will confuse you on X Windows.

X Windows was designed for a client/server architecture. The server and client may be on the same machine, which is more typical now than it used to be when first developed

walmeis | Jun 23, 2009

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