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X11 architecture

X11 architecture - Linux Tutorial

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X11 architecture

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- UNIC systems historically have used the X Windowing System to provide the constructs for graphical interface. X supports screens, drawing and moving of windows, as well as input devices such as mice and keyboards. The X Windowing System was created by MIT in 1984. Version 11 of the protocol was released in 1987 and has been at that version ever since. A free version of X was released in 1991, called XFree86. In 2004, XFree86 distributed code that conflicted with a GPL license, so it was forked into X.org. Most Linux distributions switched to X.org, and the last version of XFree86 was released in 2008. The development of XFree86 has stopped. When I talk about X in this video, assume I'm talking about the X Windowing System, XFree86, or X.org. The architecture for all is the same. X Windows is network-aware by default. A service called the X server exists where the video card and input hardware is. This means the X server is…

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