Different ways to run your PC X Server
Five startup methods
- XDM Control Protocol
- REXEC Protocol
- RSH Protocol
- Telnet terminal emulators
- RLOGIN protocol
Alternative ways to run X clients
- Multiple window mode
- Single window mode
- Full screen mode
Choose your window manager and desktop
- Microsoft Windows (multiple window mode)
- Host based TWM, FVWM, Motif, Open Look etc. (single&full screen mode)
- You can use remote window manager in multiple window mode
- Desktops like CDE and KDE
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Facilities
- 2 and 3 button mouse support and a wheel-mouse support
- Virtual screen support
- Supports 34 international keyboards, you may also change keyboard definition locally
- Name server support
- Network server installation
- Supports all popular network adapters
- Coexistence TCP/IP with popular network software
- Windows sockets API support
- Copy and paste text and graphics between MS Windows and X Windows
- Enhanced startup: presenting startup files as icons
- Font compiler (MS Windows fonts --> .snf)
- MS Windows Font support (using Windows fonts in XSession)
- Security services: MIT-MAGIC COOKIE-1, XDM-AUTHENTICATION-1, XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1
- Host access check
- GLX-extension
- Xinput extensions
- New EditMacro Facility added to the XServers Control
Menu
- XTEST extension
- Xwpeg Utility for Multi User Maintenance
- XDK (X11 Development Kit):
X11 environment (includes files and API libraries) is now implemented. The XLib,
Xt, Xaw and OpenMotif-2.2.2 are now supported
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