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From: Chris Davies on 29 Jan 2010 05:29 PoD <pod(a)internode.on.net> wrote: > Scenario B: > You are sitting in front of an X client. You don't sit in front of an X client; you sit in front of an X Window Server that renders (draws) the output from a client application. The confusion then gets worse, since that client application runs on what people traditionally call a server (a big beastie shared by several people). To muddle it up again, when running Linux on one's desktop, the server system (running the client application) is the same system that runs the X Windows Server (rendering the client application). No wonder this thread has so many contradictions! Chris PS It seems to be a little like the short rules of cricket (http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=175052982716)
From: Grant Edwards on 29 Jan 2010 07:03
On 2010-01-29, Chris Davies <chris-usenet(a)roaima.co.uk> wrote: > PoD <pod(a)internode.on.net> wrote: >> Scenario B: >> You are sitting in front of an X client. > > You don't sit in front of an X client; you sit in front of an > X Window Server that renders (draws) the output from a client > application. The confusion then gets worse, since that client > application runs on what people traditionally call a server (a > big beastie shared by several people). The concept of running _client_ applications on an application _server_ seems to be beyond the grasp of many people. AFAICT, they believe that if a machine is a "server", then all the programs running on that machine are also servers. At least that seems to be the reasoning I've observed in both this thread and others. -- Grant |