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Re: I need a rootless Xnest like application for Linux.
- From: kai at emptydomain dot de (Kai GroÃjohann)
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 23:21:33 +0200
- Subject: Re: I need a rootless Xnest like application for Linux.
- References: <4eb2ea8005061502087499eecb@mail.gmail.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
James Supancic <arrummzen@gmail.com> writes:
> I need a rootless Xnest like application for Linux. Will xwin, the
> cygwin X11 server work for me?
I'm puzzled. Why would you need that? Isn't just plain X11 good
enough?
A rootless X11 server makes sense for people using a non-X11 windowing
system, like MS or Apple's Aqua. But for putting X11 windows on an
X11 desktop, you don't need an intermediate layer.
Kai