On Friday 17 November 2006 13:05, Hamie wrote: > On Friday 17 November 2006 00:12, Nick LaForge wrote: > > So, it is called a server, but it only serves itself? Or does it > > serve video to the screen? I remember X uses weird 'server' > > terminology. But I understand now what you mean. > > There's actually nothing weird about the way it uses server > terminology. A server provides a service. You have an XServer because > it provides an X Service to the X clients (Applications) that use it. > Just like an NFS server provides an NFS service to an NFS client... > > You just have to realise that it's named for what it does...
Well, to be more accurate, you have to understand that the X model sees rendering of things on a screen and reading events from input devices as a service. From the perspective of an end user, that's odd. The service I'm using right now is the "send an email" service, and it's provided by Kontact. But in X terminology, Kontact is a client, not a server. Which makes sense if you look at it from the perspective of the application, but not if you look at it from the perspective of the user. Lourens
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