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Xref: sserve comp.unix.sys5.r4:8951 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7910 comp.unix.misc:15302 comp.unix.bsd:15752 comp.sys.powerpc:30765 comp.sys.intel:27236 comp.os.misc:3601 comp.os.linux.misc:32468 comp.os.linux.development:21817 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4570 comp.os.386bsd.development:2921 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!internex.net!usenet From: muzaffer@smixedsignal.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Followup-To: comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development Date: Thu, 29 Dec 94 13:12:47 PDT Organization: InterNex Information Services, Inc. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <NEWTNews.7437.788735756.muzaffer@omer1.smixedsignal.com> References: <3duphu$1ai@tamarack.cs.mtu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: omer1.smixedsignal.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage In article <3duphu$1ai@tamarack.cs.mtu.edu>, <devmorfo@mtu.edu> writes: > Ok I see that you have the hots for NT, but you still didn't give an > answer to this question. Running xclock over the X servers for NT and other > X capable OS's does not mean that NT runs X. The point is to take a native > NT application and runit over the cable to a remote X-server, not a native > X application. That I can do with DOS. (realy, it just runs one app at time, > but it is doable.) So can you run NT's own clock over the cable to my Linux's > X screen ? If you cannot, NT is not capable of running X. It is simply > pretending to be able to do so. You realy have to attempt to make sence .... > OK, let's clarify a point here: To distribute the output of a graphical program, you have to write it to use X headers and link it with X libraries. Any graphical program which uses the native graphic capabilites of a UNIX workstation (other than X) will not be distributable, right ? If so, how can you expect an NT program which had no idea about X to be distributed using X protocol ? You can't do that with Unix either. Muzaffer