Almost all Unix systems include a version of the X Window System - generally based off the original MIT/X Consortium/X.org sources. XFree86 is a branch off those sources which is used by most open source releases. You can find more information at http://www.x.org/
(Technically, in order to claim to be a "Unix Workstation (tm)", a system must include the X Window System - see http://www.opengroup.org/regproducts/xwm0.htm )
Long long ago, in the late 80's, this was not always true and there were other
graphics systems on Unix, such as Sun NeWS and Apollo DM, but they have all long
since died out. There have also been attempts to develop new ones, such as Berlin, but they have not been able to gain much hold against X. The only major
Unix-like system that comes with anything other than X today is MacOS X, for which X is now available, but the native graphics system is Apple's Quartz.
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Platform Globalization Engin. - X11 EngineeringGiraldo Alonso Suarez wrote:
Then, UNIX only use xfree86 like grafic server?
-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Liechty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 9:47 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [XFree86] ONE QUESTION
Every Linux distribution that I know of uses XFree86 for its implementation of the X Window System. You can also buy commercial versions of the X Window System, but they tend to be pricey, and what's the point, anyway, when XFree86 works just fine?
Other UNIX-like operating systems that use XFree86 are FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD. There are also special versions of XFree86 that can run atop of the Mac OS X GUI or the Windows operating system to allow some applications to be run there.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giraldo Alonso Suarez Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 8:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [XFree86] ONE QUESTION
Hello colleagues: Please, i have a doubt. I need make a investigation about graphic servers in Unix, but I don't know anything about this. I need to somebody help me... i don't know that graphic server use Linux, Suse and the others distribution... or all distribution use xfree86 like graphic server.]
Thanks in advanced
Girald
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