On Friday, August 31, 2012 7:30:02 PM UTC-5, Bob Proulx wrote: > > wow - i'm disappointed no one's ever answered this... i too would like to > > know: > > root:~/# ls -o /usr/bin/X* > > -rwsr-sr-x 1 root 9232 Dec 16 2011 /usr/bin/X > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 1889472 Oct 29 2011 /usr/bin/Xorg > > > > both files are ELF executables, and they are CLEARLY different. > > so what exactly IS the difference btn them??? > > In the beginning was MIT's The X Window System. The main server is > 'X' as in /usr/bin/X. This was rewritten for the 80386 as Xfree86 > with the same names. Later through much controversy the Xfree86 > license was changed to be restrictive in 2009. This license change > caused a forking of the previouly available free version of the code > over to a new code base with X.org. The X.org version implements the > new X.org server as /usr/bin/Xorg but maintains /usr/bin/X as a > compatibility layer so as not to break traditional legacy programs > which call the server by the previous name. So at this time > /usr/bin/X is a thin wrapper for compatibility. I believe it simply > turns around can calls /usr/bin/Xorg but perhaps with a very small > amount of option processing if any in between. I don't know. I > haven't looked at the source code. But the "X -help" is identical to > the "Xorg -help" output. > > References: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xfree86 > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.Org_Server > > Bob
wonderful - TYVM for all replies.... after much failed googling for an answer, i never thought to check wiki!! TX! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2c1a5627-e966-4343-8b95-f7afe5721...@googlegroups.com
