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Making Mac OS X Work Like X Windows?

Posted by Cliff on from the wouldn't-this-be-nice dept.

X Fiend asks: "Is it possible to configure Mac OS X's window manager to run in a client-server mode like X Windows? I'd like to use my (rather anemic) iBook as an X Terminal, with apps running on my (manly dual-processor) desktop machine, but I don't want to have to use X Windows to do it- I want to use Mac OS X's native window manager. Any ideas?"

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  1. Re:coming soon to a aqua screen near you? by MyDixieWrecked · · Score: 0, Troll

    I know this is off topic, but AHHH! I'm spike666, not you! Although you got your login name before me. oh well.

    but I have spike666 at mac dot com!

    and today's my birthday, nonetheless! 21! w00t.

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  2. yowza by scrytch · · Score: 1, Troll

    I nearly pissed myself when I read the title the first time as "Making Mac OS X Work Like Windows?".

    It's X. Or X11. X-Windows is something you might tell newbies, but it's not an official name, and slashdot really does know better. Ah but I forgot: slashdot's editors don't.

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