About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 68. Chapters: Desktop environments, Free windowing systems, Unix windowing system-related software, Window-based operating systems, Window managers, X Window System, NeXTSTEP, Graphical Environment Manager, NeWS, Common Desktop Environment, XFree86, Windows Explorer, ReactOS, Object Desktop, Workbench, Wayland, Comparison of X Window System desktop environments, Shell, Awesome, VirtualGL, Stacking window manager, Visi On, Web desktop, Dwm, User environment management, MicroXwin, SuperKaramba, At Ease, XaAES, MyColors, OpenSolaris Desktop, OpenGEM, Wmii, OpenWindows, Rio, Twin, Window decoration, SunView, Fresco, IRIX Interactive Desktop, Y Window System, KidDesk, Xynth, VUE, Freedows OS, FreeGEM, Window Manager From Scratch, W Window System, Accelerated-X, WebWM, EGL, Wmgr, DM, SEAL GUI, Pyro Desktop, Elixir Desktop, Clfswm, X.desktop, Dynamic window manager, UIMX, Metisse, MEX, Windawesome, Dockapps, Sx-window, Greengnome, Olwm, 4Sight, Desktop customization, IRIS Workspace, Nanika, Mux, PerlTop. Excerpt: The X window system (commonly X Window System or X11, based on its current major version being 11) is a computer software system and network protocol that provides a basis for graphical user interfaces (GUI) for networked computers. It creates a hardware abstraction layer where software is written to use a generalized set of commands, allowing for device independence and reuse of programs on any computer that implements X. X originated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1984. The current protocol version, X11, appeared in September 1987. The X.Org Foundation leads the X project, with the current reference implementation, X.Org Server, available as free and open source software under the MIT License and similar permissive licenses. X is an architecture-independent system for display of graphical user interfaces wh...