Understanding the X Window System Protocol
The Linux desktop environment, the X Window System, functions differently from the desktop environments of other operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows. X Window System applications rely on a network protocol to connect to the display on which they appear instead of drawing to the computer display directly. Figure 27.1 illustrates this concept.
Figure 27.1. X Window System applications communicate with the desktop using a network protocol instead of drawing directly. Thus, applications need not run on the machine where they are displayed.
Although the network-oriented nature of the X Window System ...
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