What exactly is X11 ?

[Omacc]

i have the latest osx on my macbook and i heard x11 works for windows applications or something?

 

[Mal]

Not Windows applications, but Xwindows applications, which are UNIX or LINUX based.

jW

 

[Weaselboy]

i have the latest osx on my macbook and i heard x11 works for windows applications or something?

X11 is an open source window management system used to run Unix based applications. It will allow you to run a Linux app on your Macintosh for example.

It does not allow a MS Windows app to run on the Mac though.

 

[Omacc]

Not Windows applications, but Xwindows applications, which are UNIX or LINUX based.

jW

ok thank you