On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Kevin Taylor wrote:
Technically the X terminal software (the bit that runs on the computer you sit at) is called the X server, and the programs you run on the Terminal Server (the Linux box) are called X clients. It's a bit counter-intuitive. Hmm I wouldn't say that as such - you just have remember that a server serves up resources - in the case of an X server the resources that it is providing are the screen and keyboard/mouse - which it provides to the X clients (the applications).
*I* know that, but when talking or thinking about any kind of client/server architecture there's always a tendency to visualise one (or a few) servers in the middle and lots of client stations connecting to them. Hence it can be confusing when you try to explain to someone that the "clients" in their thin-client network are actually running X servers whereas the "servers" are running the X client software. I generally try to avoid potential sources of misunderstanding and refer to "application servers" and "client workstations", leaving out any mention of "X servers" or "X clients" altogether. :-) Michael