Category: X Window System
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how to know whether Wayland or X11 is being used?
I have never used Wayland so far, I only heard of it. With my new job it is sort of the enforced work environment together with ubuntu 22.x. It means quite a challenge.
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X2Go – open source remote desktop software for Linux on the server side – on the client side: Linux, macOS, Windows
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X2Go https://www.curlie.org/Computers/Software/Networking/Remote_Access/
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i3 (window manager)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I3_(window_manager) https://www.maketecheasier.com/install-use-i3-window-manager-ubuntu/ – how do I get my Ubuntu to use i3 instead of Gnome? https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/beginners-guide-i3-window-manager/ – also: which packages to install https://i3wm.org/docs/ https://i3wm.org/docs/refcard.html https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_default_keybindings i3 is a minimalistic tiling window manager designed for X11 – it supports virtual desktops.
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updating my cygwin installation left me in trouble again — was: Microsoft Windows and the X Window System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygwin/X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_tunnel $ startxwin I usually prefer the rootless way. My applications nowadays “usually” run on a Linux (Debian, …) system or AIX. Update 2018-04-18: After some cygwin updating startxwin prefers to shut down immediately instead of offering me a menu (“xwin-xdg-menu … — an XDG Desktop Menu Specification menu“) in the system tray.…
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Microsoft Windows and the X Window System — new title: updating my cygwin installation left me in trouble again
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygwin/X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_tunnel $ startxwin I usually prefer the rootless way. My applications nowadays “usually” run on a Linux (Debian, …) system or AIX. Update 2018-04-18: After some cygwin updating startxwin prefers to shut down immediately. I had no idea, that startxwin uses this start-up file: /etc/X11/xinit/startxwinrc . The last utility called there usually makes X wait…
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Xming is an implementation of the X Window System for Microsoft Windows operating systems
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xming The Xming X server is based on Cygwin/X, the X.Org Server. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygwin/X – the X server, I had used occasionally on Windows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System I heard of Xming last night at the etengo Hamburg freelancer meet up.