Desktop GUI - Quick Clarification Mar 12, 2009, 00 :01 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (4044 reads)
"Lets Start with Xorg via gentoo documentation
The X.org project created and maintains a freely redistributable, open-source implementation of the X11 system. It is an open source X11-based desktop infrastructure.
"Xorg provides an interface between your hardware and the graphical software you want to run. Besides that, Xorg is also fully network-aware, meaning you are able to run an application on one system while viewing it on a different one.
"So in a nutshell, it allows you to have a Desktop Environment/Window Manager."
