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Moving from windows to linux : Understanding - X Window System, X Server, Xorg, Xfree86

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I'm a windows developer(Win32api) moving from Windows to Linux. While installing linux there are lot of things to know about X11, X Window System, X Server, Xorg, Xfree86 and what not. How come we aren't aware of such things in windows? Wiki article on these scares me. Can any one explain these thi…

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Fix for: Moving from windows to linux : Understanding - X Window System, X Server, Xorg, Xfree86

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Windows gives you a single implementation of a single desktop on top of a single implementation of a single API / framework, all done by Microsoft. On Unix systems, you get an API / framework (X11 / X Window System) for which exist multiple implemen…

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