What applications to use with X11? Suggestions and reviews

[Xtian]

Why didn't you just get the native app? :P
http://www.cmq.qc.ca/4w/amsn/

[TMTOWTDI]

Hey, i'm a new user here, and am pretty excited that there are people on here like me. So anyway, i've ran KDE (the popular window manager that runs on most Linux systems), and it's nice because you can use all your existing Filesystem (OS X), but run KDE specific applications. If you're interested, i can tell you how. just hit me back a reply.

[symphonix]

KDE and Gnome both run very nicely, as does Gimp, Abiword and so on.
I highly recommend that if you aren't a Unix power-user who can confidently compile software, you install Fink and FinkCommander. FinkCommander is a GUI front-end to installing Fink software.

I'd recommend the entire Gnome and KDE install with all the games and gadgets. There's some great stuff in those. SpaceDuel was always a favourite of mine. XMMS, though it isn't iTunes, is pretty neat too.

Incidentally, there is now a Gimp distribution as a .app file, though it requires Apple X11 installed. This means if all you want to do is run Gimp, then you only need to install X11 and double-click the Gimp.app file.

[totoloren]

Hello

X11 Extension

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macos...extension.html

On macx 11 and Gimp this extension is really nice. If you start the Gimp from Gnome or KDE, you can select the window when the mouse is over it. You don't need pick it first. (tools window, work window, etc)

Saludos

[Salvo]

Originally Posted by voice-

Please, tell me what X11 is then, and how to use it...

X11 is a protocol for running Graphical Programs over the Network.
X11.app is Apples implementation, which is much better than any other implementation for MacOS X.

The X Server is what actually displays the program, while the X Client is the Program itself. X11.app is an X Server, GIMP is an X Client. You can display a Client on a remote computer on a Local Server;

For example, you could run Wolfenstein on an x86 Linux machine, and display the output on your Mac, but this would be really slow, since the Display would have to be passed over the network, and the Client hasn't been optimized for your X Server. I personally wouldn't bother.

[shorty114]

Originally Posted by totoloren

Hello

X11 Extension

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macos...extension.html

On macx 11 and Gimp this extension is really nice. If you start the Gimp from Gnome or KDE, you can select the window when the mouse is over it. You don't need pick it first. (tools window, work window, etc)

Saludos

is this my answer??? a X11 native to OS X that runs on 10.2? wow...if it is, thanks A LOT!!!

[leonpmu]

Running OpenOfice 1.1.2 here on my iMac 400 with 10.3.8 512MB RAM, and works really well. No Fink, just X11

[leonpmu]

Hmm, anybody got evolution to work yet?? Are there noarch sources available??