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From: Todd on 27 Jan 2010 14:33 Hi All, I am confused. When running "X" windows, is the terminology reversed? By chance is the computer hosting the applications called the client and the remote computer viewing the applications called the server? Is so, why is this? Many thanks, -T
From: Grant Edwards on 27 Jan 2010 15:08 On 2010-01-27, Todd <todd(a)invalid.com> wrote: > I am confused. When running "X" windows, is the > terminology reversed? Nope. The program requesting the services is the client, the program providing the services is the server. > By chance is the computer hosting the applications called the > client and the remote computer viewing the applications called > the server? Is so, why is this? See above. The "service" consists of drawing on the screen. Which program is doing the actual drawing? That's the server. Which program is requesting that things be drawn? That's the client. Client/server nomenclature is about who's requesting the service and who's providing the service. It's got nothing to do with geographic location. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! if it GLISTENS, at gobble it!! visi.com
From: Stan Bischof on 27 Jan 2010 15:10 Todd <todd(a)invalid.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am confused. When running "X" windows, is the > terminology reversed? By chance is the computer > hosting the applications called the client and > the remote computer viewing the applications called > the server? Is so, why is this? > yes- it is backwards the SERVER is where the display is ( typically your local system ) the CLIENT is where the bits are running ( typically the server ) It pretty much makes sense if you understand how X works- in essence "clients" request graphics and hence are served by the "server" which provides the resources but is of course unfortunate since it is backwards! Stan
From: Todd on 27 Jan 2010 15:15 On 01/27/2010 12:08 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2010-01-27, Todd<todd(a)invalid.com> wrote: > >> I am confused. When running "X" windows, is the >> terminology reversed? > > Nope. The program requesting the services is the client, the > program providing the services is the server. > >> By chance is the computer hosting the applications called the >> client and the remote computer viewing the applications called >> the server? Is so, why is this? > > See above. The "service" consists of drawing on the screen. > > Which program is doing the actual drawing? That's the server. > > Which program is requesting that things be drawn? That's the > client. > > Client/server nomenclature is about who's requesting the > service and who's providing the service. It's got nothing to > do with geographic location. > Okay. I think I understand. If I rdesktop into a remote machine, the local machine is the server as it is doing the actual drawing on the screen. The remote machine with the application on it is the client as it is requesting the drawing. It all seems backwards to me, but as long as I understand what is going on ... So, if I want to run an "X" windows desktop from a Linux server on a M$ Windows machine, I run an "X" server on the M$ machine. In this respect, I am use to M$ Terminal Services, where the requesting machine is called the server and the drawing machine is called the client. My brain hurts. Many thanks, -T
From: David W. Hodgins on 27 Jan 2010 15:21
On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:33:35 -0500, Todd <todd(a)invalid.com> wrote: > I am confused. When running "X" windows, is the > terminology reversed? By chance is the computer > hosting the applications called the client and > the remote computer viewing the applications called > the server? Is so, why is this? I connect to another computer over the network using ssh. Start an application such as gkrellm. It's running on the remote computer, but it's display output is shown on my computer. The server, is the X application on my computer. The client is the gkrellm application on the remote computer. Regards, Dave Hodgins -- Change nomail.afraid.org to ody.ca to reply by email. (nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.) |