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Re:The X.Org Server Is Abandonware? by mcguire on Sunday October 25, 2020 @09:02PM (#24891783)
"One of these days you should read the X section of the Unix Haters Handbook."

I have. It was written by someone who doesn't know the difference between a "client" and a "server".

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Re:The X.Org Server Is Abandonware? by mcguire on Sunday October 25, 2020 @11:26PM (#24892584)
No, really. The author, whose name I can't remember at the moment, complains that X has the server/client roles reversed; that xcalc is a server and the display is a client. The usual defense is that it's "tongue in cheek", but from a networking standpoint it is simply wrong.
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Re:The X.Org Server Is Abandonware? by sergeykish on Monday October 26, 2020 @10:06AM (#24896278)
You login to the server and run application, that application connects to the X Server on your client.

    +----------------+     +----------------+
    | Client         +---->+ Server         |
    |                |     |                |
    | +-----------+  |     | +-----------+  |
    | |X Server   +<---------+Application|  |
    | +-----------+  |     | +-----------+  |
    |                |     |                |
    +----------------+     +----------------+
I can see how confusion may arise.
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