1. The only server you need X for is an X server. Well, an xdm server
has to use the X libraries and protocols too, but it doesn't need to be
on the same machine as any X server.
2 Wine is not an X platform. Ahh, nuts, I'll just quote from the wine
README:
>
Wine is a program which allows running Microsoft Windows programs
(including DOS, Windows 3.x and Win32 executables) on Unix. It
consists of a program loader which loads and executes an Microsoft
Windows binary, and a library that implements Windows API calls using
their Unix or X11 equivalents. The library may also be used for
porting Win32 code into native Unix executables.<
I think there is a subproject to make it able to run without X also, but
I haven't tried that yet. BTW I generally don't use any window manager
or desktop at all, just X and wine.
Lawson
>< Microsoft free environment
This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary.
On Sat, 20 Feb 1999 00:57:10 +0700 Shaggy Im-erbtham
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Just more simple questions I can't find straight answers to
>
> 1) How much can one "do" with Linux in text mode wihout migrating to
> X? Is
> this like a DOS to Windows situation? Better interface, availability
> of
> appllications (say, MS Office), etc. Hypothically I were to use Linux
> exclusively for server-network purposes (file, print, fax, terminal,
> e-mail
> servers, internet gateway), would X be necessary?
>
> 2) XFree86, WINE, KDE are different "platforms" of X? You just pick
> and
> install ONE and go on to install other applications? Suggestions of
> the
> preferred X platform welcomed too.
>
> TIA
> Shaggy
> Bangkok, Thailand
>
>
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