![]() ![]() X, as it was originally known, was first developed at MIT in 1984. Without X11, using a Unix or Linux system is totally a command-line affair. X11 is the flagship product of X.Org Foundation and simply provides a method for Unix systems to draw windows, mouse pointers, and other standard elements of a graphical user interface (GUI). With a little guidance, it’s pretty easy to be up and running with a bunch of free apps that are well-known to those in the Linux and Unix world. ![]() The problem is that not many in the Mac community – beyond the übergeeks – seem to know or understand what X11 is.įortunately, Apple has made it easy to install and use X11 in a near seamless fashion on your Mac. Many just leave it at that, assuming that Unix software means things that run in the Terminal – but there’s also a whole wide world of graphical apps in the Unix world that run in what’s known as the X11 environment. Everyone already knows that Mac OS X is a Unix variant and that it can run Unix software.
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