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What Is the X Window System

Saturday, August 27 2005 @ 12:59 AM EDT
Contributed by: glosser

O'Reilly presents a look at the X Window System.
The X Window System (commonly referred to as X or X11) is a network-transparent graphical windowing system based on a client/server model. Primarily used on Unix and Unix-like systems such as Linux, versions of X are also available for many other operating systems. Although it was developed in 1984, X is not only still viable but also is in fact the standard environment for Unix windowing systems.

This article discusses the following:
1. The X Client/Server Model
2. Working with X
3. Running the X Window System
4. The X Server
5. Configuring X
6. X Clients
7. The Window Manager
8. Customizing Clients
9. Additional Resources
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