Fred Lenk wrote:
> If you are trying to share the X apps on your Linux box, the Linux is
> the X server, and the other workstations are the X clients.
Okay, now this is something that's been confusing me. The layout you describe
is the way I thought it was, but others have told me that I'm wrong, and I'd
like to be set straight on exactly how X is laid out.
My unenlightened conception of things is that applications run on box A, the X
server runs on box A, and the Xclient on box [n] displays the output of the
applications on the physical output device (e.g. monitor) attached to box
[n]. Box [n] could be box A or any other, X doesn't care.
Okay, so now consider a specific case, my firewall. I wanted to use the
dotfile generator to configure it, but I didn't want to violate the 'bare
simplicity' rule by installing a lot of X stuff. A post to (IIRC) this list
drew a reply to the effect that there would need to be a _client_ on the
machine running the app, as well as a client on the machine displaying the
app. (sorry about the vagueness of this but it's been quite a while.) The
assertion by that same person that clients are the real space hogs in the X
world made me decide against using any X apps directly on the firewall, and I
found another way around my task.
For one thing, are X-apps 'clients of' the X server, as distinguished from the
'X client' (which I take it does the displaying chores)?
I fully expect a well-deserved RTFM here, but there seems to be something
about X that just confuses me every time, which leads me to believe that I
must be harboring some basic misconceptions or ignorances about the
fundamentals.
I also have a hard time when it comes to configuration. I get the impression
that the 'X server', 'X client', and 'window manager' are all distinct from
one another, but have a hard time getting it through my head where each leaves
off and the next takes up.
Lots of vague rambling, but it's getting to the point where I could use some
serious re-working of my desktop environment and it's coming along pretty
slowly, so if anyone would like to publish a diatribe or point me at some
version of 'X for dummies,' I'd appreciate it.
>
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