Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 18:41:02 -0500 From: "Ben Kaduk" <minimarmot@gmail.com> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: what is the definition of X11? Message-ID: <47d0403c0707031641j68c686b9sa4aa01119170ae59@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi all, The subject line may seem a bit off-topic, but as I'm making my way through the handbook on a grammar-checking spree, I came across this bit of text, and I'm not sure how to parse it: <quote> FreeBSD uses X11 to provide users with a powerful graphical user interface. X11 is an open-source implementation of the X Window System that includes both Xorg and XFree86. </quote> Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X11) seems to imply that the X window system is a protocol (for the client/server communication?), so then X11 is a version of this protocol, and Xorg and XFree86 are implementations of this protocol (but I am loth to blindly trust wikipedia). If this is true, then the above quote isn't quite right, as the inclusion should somehow be the other way -- Xorg and XFree86 both implement X11 (``include'' it in them). Of course the text could be changed to say that the X11 protocol is used by many different softwares, including both Xorg and XFree86, but that still seems a bit awkward. Any comments from someone who knows more than I about what all these terms mean? -Ben Kaduk
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