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==Navigation==
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[[computing]]: [[software]]: [[X Windows]]
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==Overview==
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[[software type::windowing system]]
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==About==
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The [[X Window System]] is a [[free, open-source]] [[windowing system]] for [[bitmap display]]s. It is basically a server for executing graphical commands; this allows the display hardware to be physically separated from the computation hardware. It is possible, for example, to connect to a remote system and run [[GUI]] programs on that system [[/remote session|while displaying them locally]].
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Although it is not one of the official [[GNU]] packages, it is included as part of the GNU system.<ref name=gnu />
 
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==Pages==
 
==Pages==
* [[running a remote X session]]
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==Links==
 
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===Articles===
 
===Articles===
 
* [http://www.jwz.org/doc/x-cut-and-paste.html X Selections, Cut Buffers, and Kill Rings] by Jamie Zawinski
 
* [http://www.jwz.org/doc/x-cut-and-paste.html X Selections, Cut Buffers, and Kill Rings] by Jamie Zawinski
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==Footnotes==
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<ref name=gnu>[http://www.gnu.org/software/software.html GNU Software] (Free Software Foundation)</ref>
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Latest revision as of 19:45, 9 October 2015

About

The X Window System is a free, open-source windowing system for bitmap displays. It is basically a server for executing graphical commands; this allows the display hardware to be physically separated from the computation hardware. It is possible, for example, to connect to a remote system and run GUI programs on that system while displaying them locally.

Although it is not one of the official GNU packages, it is included as part of the GNU system.[1]

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  1. GNU Software (Free Software Foundation)