11 Apr
2004
11 Apr
'04
09:28
On Saturday 10 April 2004 23:28, Curtis Rey wrote:
The client (in X) is "the remote machine where the application is running", and the server is the local machine that displays output and accepts user input. Counterintuitive on most counts - since everywhere else in the IT world the "server" runs the app and the "client" is where user input and output is generally done.
I really think this is why so many companies avoid Linux/'nix on the consumer end - it runs bass ackwards from a programmers sense.
Add to this all the nebulous layers and arbitrary divisions of labor (X windows, Display managers, widget sets, GTK, KDE, Gnome, fwvm, xfce... It goes on and on. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen