What is the X Window System?
In the words of its primary manual page, X(1), it is a “portable, network-transparent window system”. Its primary distinction from other well-known window systems like Microsft Windows and Apple’s MacOS is that it was designed with the local area network in mind. You can run programs on one machine and display them on another. Historically, the X Window System was initially conceived in 1984, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a joint project between their Laboratory for Computer Science and the Digital Equipment Corporation. This joint effort was called “Project Athena”, and was headed by Bob Scheifler. The first version of the X Window System to be widely deployed was Version 10 (X10). It was shortly superseded by Version 11 (X11), however, in 1987. In 1988, a non-profit group called the (MIT) X Consortium was formed to direct future development of X standards in an atmosphere inclusive of many commercial and educational interests. The X Consortium produced several signi
The X Window System (commonly X11) is the most widely available windowing system capable of running on UNIX or UNIX like systems, including FreeBSD. The X.Org Foundation administers the X protocol standards, with the current reference implementation, version 11 release 7.4, so you will often see references shortened to X11. Many implementations are available for different architectures and operating systems. An implementation of the server-side code is properly known as an X server.
The X Window System (commonly X11) is the most widely available windowing system capable of running on UNIX® or UNIX like systems, including FreeBSD. The X.Org Foundation administers the X protocol standards, with the current reference implementation, version 11 release 7.4, so you will often see references shortened to X11. Many implementations are available for different architectures and operating systems. An implementation of the server-side code is properly known as an X server.
The X Window System is the most widely available windowing system capable of running on UNIX or UNIX like systems, including FreeBSD. The X.Org Foundation administers the X protocol standards. The current release of the specification is 11.6, so you will often see references shortened to X11R6 or even just X11. Many implementations are available for different architectures and operating systems. An implementation of the server-side code is properly known as an X server.
