> OS X is not using X11 as all other UNIX(-like) systems do, but instead a > proprietary drawing API called Cocoa (or the old, x86-only Carbon > interface) based on the Quartz rendering/compositing engine. > > On other UNIX(-like) systems, Cocoa/Carbon would be (for instance) > Gtk/Qt and Quartz the X11 server. > > In contrast to this, OS X does ship an X11 server, too, called > "XQuartz", which is using the Quartz rendering engine.
Not sure how relevant this is, but X11 is removed from Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) and has to be downloaded by the user: http://www.macrumors.com/2012/02/17/apple-removes-x11-in-os-x-mountain-lion-shifts-support-to-open-source-xquartz/ Cheers, Daniel _______________________________________________ X2Go-Dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/x2go-dev
