Prior to the introduction of Mac OS X, virtually the only way developers could create a graphical application in a UNIX-based operating system was with the X Window System, more commonly called X11. X11 for Mac OS X offers UNIX users the ability to run thousands of X11 applications concurrently with other Mac OS X applications. This one goes to 11. X11 for Mac OS X offers a complete X Window System implementation for running X11-based applications on Mac OS X. Based on the de facto-standard for X11, the open source XFree86 project, X11 for Mac OS X is compatible, fast and fully integrated with Mac OS X. It includes the full X11R6.6 technology including a window server, libraries and basic utilities such as xterm.
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />This is the final missing piece for making OS X a serious scientific workstation. At last I can get rid of my SGIs. ($12K apiece 9 years ago).
This is an excellent example of Apple listening to the needs of its customers and doing the Right Thing.
Does what it is supposed to
stoneman
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Apple's X windowing system works as advertised, though I tend to use OroborOSX more often. Don't confuse X11 and X applications with Mac's aqua (as the reviewer did who complained about X11's lack of Mac copy/paste and drag/drop). They are two different things, and the X windowing system takes some getting used to.
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Impossible to copy/paste between OSX and X11 ?
Impossible to drag & drop on X11 for "cd" to a path ?
What the heck is that crap ??
Mac Tech1
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Product works as advertised! Probably not something non-Unix users are looking for but for those of us with lots of Linux/Unix boxes out there this
VersionTrackerUserOpinion
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />With this beta (0.3), I'm experiencing some X freezes (simply refuses to do anything -- have to kill and restart). Otherwise, this is a GREAT
Quarem
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />This is great! It works and is fast. This is already starting to bring apps to the Mac that we would not have seen other
Derryck--2008
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I must say this has come light years in the past year. I haven't installed an X system in over a year and I installed
karekin
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />my xterms seem to have disappeared!!
dang61
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Lovin' Mac, the command is defaults write com.apple.x11 no_quit_alert true but i'm not sure if you add it to the .xinitrc or just type in
Lovin' Mac
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Could anyone tell me how to set option to quit X11 without presenting warning dialog? Great app for the rest!