[plug] Xwindows

[Bernard Blackham]

On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 12:55:46PM +0800, James Elliott wrote:
> I am getting a bit confused with the various commands to start windows and
> terminals and would be obliged if someone could explain when and why you
> would use the following commands:

Tis a tad daunting, indeed!

Expanding slightly on Richard's reply, 

> X

X fires up the X server alone, so you see a grey display with a
mouse as a cross shape, and not a lot else. It doesn't start up any
window manager so in itself isn't very useful. But if you then
"Alt+Ctrl+F1" to another terminal and type something like:
   $ export DISPLAY=:0
   $ xterm &
or $ startkde &

Then switch back to the X server to see them. Better way is to use
startx.

HTH,

Bernard.

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