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X Window System

The X window system (commonly X Window System or X11, based on its current major version being 11) is a display server and network protocol that provides a basis for a GUIIndex graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and rich input device capability for networked computers. In Liunux it sits between the Operating System kernel and the WindowManagers Window Manger.


X is primarily a protocol and graphics primitives definition and it deliberately contains no specification for application user interface design, such as button, menu, or window title bar styles.


It has been commented that X is outdated. Two proposed successors are Wayland and Mir.

Xorg
Most common implementation of the X Window System X.Org



System Information
Video information: /var/log/Xorg.0.log


Use X -version to display version information.

Also on the Wiki
Xlib - functions to interact with X server

WikiPedia:X_Window_System - Overview of protocol
WikiPedia:X_Window_System_core_protocol - Details of core protocol
WikiPedia:Xlib - X Window System protocol client library


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