i find it really cool that the X "server" is carried over from the decentralized original environment that it was designed for in MIT where most of the users were "remoting in" to a central computer from lower power desktops or terminals.

One little correction: the window manager is not much responsible for the "look'n'feel" of the GUI - rather it only attaches the "window decorations" (those borders around windows, with close buttons, titles etc.) and manages their positions on the screen, allowing the user to move them around, minimize/maximize, close etc. The "look'n'feel" of the GUI is the job of a different component of the system, the one you didn't mention: the "widget library", sometimes called the "toolkit". Some well-known examples of widget libraries are GTK+ and Qt, but there are a couple of others (usually older and crude looking :q ), like AWT, Tk etc.

@devikakrishna4464

3 жыл бұрын

The de is a bunch of programs built around the wm. The compositor and tge window manager take care of stuff like transparency while a tool like nitrogen will draw the wallpaper. A de is basically a bunch of these programs together. Its possible and pretty easy to build your own de.

@bonbonpony

3 жыл бұрын

@@devikakrishna4464 Yeah, writing one is relatively easy. Having people using it to build their software upon it is much, much harder :q It helps when the toolkit has a nice clean API, but still I don't think many people would be willing to rewrite their existing software for a new toolkit unless the old one is getting obsoleted and they don't have much choice :q

@lets_lvl_up

2 жыл бұрын

ooooh so that's what GTK+ and Qt mean...thanks!

wow you simplified what took my lecture two hours in 8 min thanks you

"Linux distributions focused on the end user will always have a desktop enviornment" Arch: im about to end this mans whole carear

@hocky-ham324-zg8zc

3 жыл бұрын

Lmaooo

@mubelotix

3 жыл бұрын

That's right thought. Arch is not focused for end users.

@devikakrishna4464

3 жыл бұрын

@@mubelotix arch(and. Gentoo) is not user friendly its user centric

@mubelotix

3 жыл бұрын

@@devikakrishna4464 Indeed, and I think he meant "user friendly" by "focused on the end user"

@samighasemi3333

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

Great video, old but gold

This was an excellent and concise introduction to the X11 system. It would be nice to see another one about display managers and getting to the next level. Why did you stop making these?

underrated video .

4:27 that matter-of-factly “none really” just cracked me up!

@podwilk69

2 жыл бұрын

yo mama so fat

@podwilk69

2 жыл бұрын

love hoes

Hi Linux Learner, great video very helpful, made me subscribe, thank you.

this is probably the best explanation on the entire www. Thank you for that

Man love your videos and channel, why did you stopped making these great videos?!

very helpful! thank you!

nice video, hope for more

Amazing sound, keep it up!

@podwilk69

2 жыл бұрын

thanks bro 🙏🏿,🤟🏿👎🏿

nicely explained. thanks

really nice video and very few exposures I presume by youtube. Any way thanks a lot ! I subscribed if there will be more!

yo yo yo it's biggie cheese here **raps about abortion laws in poland**

so x server is the skeleton , window manager is the flesh and desktop Environment is like the muscle

@alfabetony

3 жыл бұрын

thats a good way to look at it !

Just needed to know how to implement x11 server on pure linux

Can you upload a video on X windows installation step by step

How can I tell which window manager I'm using?

What tutorial is this from ?

@pillboxgaming4144

4 жыл бұрын

Testout.com

@alfabetony

3 жыл бұрын

prob linux cert

lol, ik this guy to well. i use testout for my cyber security class

Sounds easy, until you try to run an x server inside an android app. It then becomes hell due to opengl es lol. Btw the x server is also responsible for half of your OpenGL acceleration. If your x server doesnt support this, then you will not be able to run any opengl until you disable "DRI" (Direct Rendenring Interface) so your system doesnt try to use it for such a thing. But doing so will force you to use software graphics.

It’s time to admit it: the X11 Server is abandonware!

It's the Linux Man! How many channels is this guy on?

@GK-rl5du

2 жыл бұрын

Hey.. I'm just curious, do you know what happened to theLinuxMan channel. I just checked and seems like all the content is wiped out.

Moar uploads, pleez