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RE: Why run XWindows on top of MS Windows?
- To: "Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>,<cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Subject: RE: Why run XWindows on top of MS Windows?
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 11:13:29 +1100
- Thread-Index: AcA/m+b8YlL8hl36TyGD+V4CEUFbUgADpNmA
- Thread-Topic: Why run XWindows on top of MS Windows?
<snip>
> > >Sorry, this questions cannot be included in FAQ, it is too
> > redumentary.
> >
> > This is precisely the type of basic question that should be
> > in an FAQ - they
> > are for use by experienced users and newbies.
>
> Read my Second answer. This question cannot be part of FAQ.
> Because it is covered at many places on the Internet and
> we provide pointers to some of them at our FAQ.
>
> Suhaib
>
I think the basic reasoning is useful to have present. (Not the details,
just something like
X-Windows is ..... (already there).
Why use X-Windows on Win32?
To
a) show the output of programs running on unix machines or remote
sservers
b) Make porting Unix programs to windows easier by providing 100%
compatible GUI environment, so no "porting" layer for the GUI is needed.
Rob