Kent West wrote: > > However, from your question, it sounds like you might be a bit > (understandably) confused about the term "server". With X Window, there > are basically two parts: the server (or "engine"), and the client. If > you're coming from the world of MS-Windows, you can think of the server > as being the Program Manager or Explorer (not Internet Explorer). This > is not really accurate, but it's close enough I think. The clients > "ride" on top of the server. One of the most important clients is the > window manager (wm). Other common clients might be an xterm window, or > Netscape Navigator, or xclock, etc. You can sortta think of the server > as being equivalent to MS-Windows, and the clients as being equivalent > to the apps that you run on MS-Windows (including "built-in" apps like > "My Computer" or "Notepad"). Again, this isn't entirely accurate, but > it's probably close enough.
BTW, using X Window, you can run a server on a different machine (even a MS-Windows box!) and then run the X clients from your Linux box on the different machine over the network. For example, say you have Netscape on a Linux box, on the internet, in your work place, and you go to visit your cousin in Iowa for a month. You could install a Windows-based X server on his Windows machine, telnet to your office Linux box, and then run your Netscape and control/see/use it on your cousin's Windows PC. (It can sometimes be slow over a dial-up link, but it works!)
