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Xref: sserve comp.unix.sys5.r4:8970 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7928 comp.unix.misc:15331 comp.unix.bsd:15769 comp.sys.powerpc:30812 comp.sys.intel:27339 comp.os.misc:3618 comp.os.linux.misc:32523 comp.os.linux.development:21857 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4592 comp.os.386bsd.development:2936 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!news.clark.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!sinan From: sinan@u.washington.edu (Sinan Karasu) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Date: 30 Dec 1994 00:05:24 GMT Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 33 Message-ID: <3dvis4$8rd@nntp1.u.washington.edu> References: <3duphu$1ai@tamarack.cs.mtu.edu> <NEWTNews.7437.788735756.muzaffer@omer1.smixedsignal.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: carson.u.washington.edu In article <NEWTNews.7437.788735756.muzaffer@omer1.smixedsignal.com>, <muzaffer@smixedsignal.com> wrote: > >In article <3duphu$1ai@tamarack.cs.mtu.edu>, <devmorfo@mtu.edu> writes: >> Ok I see that you have the hots for NT, but you still didn't give an >> answer to this question. Running xclock over the X servers for NT and other >> X capable OS's does not mean that NT runs X. The point is to take a native >> NT application and runit over the cable to a remote X-server, not a native >> X application. That I can do with DOS. (realy, it just runs one app at time, >> but it is doable.) So can you run NT's own clock over the cable to my Linux's >> X screen ? If you cannot, NT is not capable of running X. It is simply >> pretending to be able to do so. You realy have to attempt to make sence .... >> > >OK, let's clarify a point here: To distribute the output of a graphical >program, you have to write it to use X headers and link it with X libraries. >Any graphical program which uses the native graphic capabilites of a UNIX >workstation (other than X) will not be distributable, right ? > >If so, how can you expect an NT program which had no idea about X to be >distributed using X protocol ? You can't do that with Unix either. SoftWindows, Wabi, (and more soon probably) can do this. Sinan > >Muzaffer > >