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"One of these days you should read the X section of the Unix Haters Handbook." I have. It was written by someone who doesn't know the difference between a "cli
by mcguire 6y ago
"One of these days you should read the X section of the Unix Haters Handbook."
I have. It was written by someone who doesn't know the difference between a "client" and a "server".
- mcguire 6y agoNo, really. The author, whose name I can't remember at the moment, complains that X has the server/client roles reversed; that xcalc is a server and the display is a client. The usual defense is that it's "tongue in cheek", but from a networking standpoint it is simply wrong.
- sergeykish 6y agoYou login to the server and run application, that application connects to the X Server on your client. +----------------+ +----------------+ | Client +---->+ Server | | | | | | +-----------+ | | +-----------+ | | |X Server +<---------+Application| | | +-----------+ | | +-----------+ | | | | | +----------------+ +----------------+ I can see how confusion may arise.