On Dec 11, 2010, at 12:52 PM, Tina K. wrote:

On 2010/12/11 13:42, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote:
All applications installed in this fashion either run on the command
line or via X-Windows

That makes sense, thanks for the explination. When you say X- Windows, would that be X-11?


X11 is short for X Window System, Version 11. Calling it "X-Windows" is discouraged.

In short: Yes, they refer to the same thing -- but one more so than the other.

http://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R6.8.2/doc/X.7.html

Josh


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