Subject: Re: YDL vs. OS X
From: Paul J. Lucas (pauljlucas@mac.com)
Date: Sun Mar 11 2001 - 13:14:05 MST
On Sat, 10 Mar 2001 mbartosh@heretic.mabaleb.org wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Paul J. Lucas wrote:
> > OS X, despite its name, does not have an X Windows server, so
> > you can't run anything GUI-based.
>
> This is false. XF86 4.x runs on Mac OS X both in standalone mode and
> simultaniously with Aqua thanks to the XonX project (the url escapes me).
I meant, "OS X, despite its name, does not run an X Windows
server to generate the Aqua UI, so you can't run anything
needing X Windows under Aqua."
In other words: Apple doesn't bundle an X Windows server with
OS X so you can't run X Windows applications out of the box.
Yes, you can install your own X Windows server as others have
pointed out.
- Paul
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