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==About== | ==About== | ||
The [[X Window System]]'s client-server architecture makes it possible to run graphical applications remotely – i.e. the user is interacting with the application on one machine, but the actual execution is taking place on another. | |||
There are actually ''two'' ways to run remote graphical applications: | There are actually ''two'' ways to run remote graphical applications on X Windows: | ||
* [[/application]]: run a single application | * [[/application]]: run a single application | ||
* [[/desktop]]: run a complete desktop environment | * [[/desktop]]: run a complete desktop environment | ||
Latest revision as of 23:11, 9 October 2015
About
The X Window System's client-server architecture makes it possible to run graphical applications remotely – i.e. the user is interacting with the application on one machine, but the actual execution is taking place on another.
There are actually two ways to run remote graphical applications on X Windows:
- /application: run a single application
- /desktop: run a complete desktop environment
