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From: John Hill on 13 Apr 2010 12:48 I have just been advised of an update of XQuartz from 2.3.5 to 2.5.0. It seems that this is something to do with X11, which I also do not understand. Is it advisable to apply this update to my Snow Leopard (10.6.3)? If I look at X11 Get Info, it says it is The X Window System and does indeed say it is XQuartz 2.3.5 (xorg-server 1.4.2 - apple 53). Just what does it do, anyway? John. -- Please reply to john at yclept dot wanadoo dot co dot uk.
From: Chris Ridd on 13 Apr 2010 13:12 On 2010-04-13 17:48:18 +0100, John Hill said: > I have just been advised of an update of XQuartz from 2.3.5 to 2.5.0. > > It seems that this is something to do with X11, which I also do not > understand. > > Is it advisable to apply this update to my Snow Leopard (10.6.3)? If I > look at X11 Get Info, it says it is The X Window System and does indeed > say it is XQuartz 2.3.5 (xorg-server 1.4.2 - apple 53). > > Just what does it do, anyway? X11 is a system for graphical programs generally found on other Unixes. Macs don't use it normally. If you're using an X11 program, you will notice an extra X11.app appearing in your dock. Ignore the update unless you're using X11. Does X11.app ever appear in your dock? X11 is a client-server system. That is, there's a server program running on the machine with the display (eg your Mac), and there are client programs running on other machines. Those client programs can run remotely and display on a server running on a different machine. Xquartz is the name of the X11 server program that runs on OS X. X11.app will run this for you. In other words, Xquartz is the important bit, but it is only important if you're running X11 client programs. If you're not, ignore the update. -- Chris
From: John Hill on 14 Apr 2010 03:36 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2010-04-13 17:48:18 +0100, John Hill said: > > > I have just been advised of an update of XQuartz from 2.3.5 to 2.5.0. > > > > It seems that this is something to do with X11, which I also do not > > understand. > > > > Is it advisable to apply this update to my Snow Leopard (10.6.3)? If I > > look at X11 Get Info, it says it is The X Window System and does indeed > > say it is XQuartz 2.3.5 (xorg-server 1.4.2 - apple 53). > > > > Just what does it do, anyway? > > X11 is a system for graphical programs generally found on other Unixes. > Macs don't use it normally. If you're using an X11 program, you will > notice an extra X11.app appearing in your dock. > > Ignore the update unless you're using X11. Does X11.app ever appear in > your dock? > > X11 is a client-server system. That is, there's a server program > running on the machine with the display (eg your Mac), and there are > client programs running on other machines. Those client programs can > run remotely and display on a server running on a different machine. > > Xquartz is the name of the X11 server program that runs on OS X. > X11.app will run this for you. In other words, Xquartz is the important > bit, but it is only important if you're running X11 client programs. If > you're not, ignore the update. I launched the X11 in the Utility folder, and the icon is unfamiliar. So I think it unlikely that I need this update. Thanks for the advice. FTBT I'll ignore the update. John. -- Please reply to john at yclept dot wanadoo dot co dot uk.
From: Chris Ridd on 14 Apr 2010 03:56 On 2010-04-14 08:36:20 +0100, John Hill said: > I launched the X11 in the Utility folder, and the icon is unfamiliar. So > I think it unlikely that I need this update. > > Thanks for the advice. FTBT I'll ignore the update. Apple hasn't *officially* updated Xquartz either, AIUI the updated build is basically from one of the Apple engineers. -- Chris
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