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Apple Explains How to Run X11 on Mac OS X

Posted by michael on from the having-it-your-way dept.

tuc writes "In this document posted on its Developer Connection, Apple explains how to install X11R6 on Mac OS X, details of the default quartz-wm window manager, how to compile X11 code on Mac OS X, how to install OpenOffice, and the like."

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  1. Step 1: Double click X11.app by punkass · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Step 2: There is no step 2!

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  2. Reaction to OpenOffice by digitalgimpus · · Score: 4, Insightful

    IMHO this is a reaction to the announcement that no aquafied OpenOffice is planned.

    Apple doesn't want people to think they are locked into MS Office (hope it continues to support Mac OS X).

    This way, Apple can say commercial grade alternatives do exist.

    Apple's products aren't bad... but lets face it, they target home and educational use. Not a business person who wants to occasionally work from home. Microsoft does have powerful software, despite being buggy and insecure.

    IMHO Open Office rocks. Wish Apple would invest in an aquafied port.

    1. Re:Reaction to OpenOffice by Scrameustache · · Score: 5, Insightful

      IMHO this is a reaction to the announcement that no aquafied OpenOffice is planned.
      Apple doesn't want people to think they are locked into MS Office (hope it continues to support Mac OS X).
      This way, Apple can say commercial grade alternatives do exist.

      No, this is.

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  3. Remote Applications by fm6 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's worth remembering that an X application doesn't have to run on the same system as the terminal. So even if you can't get the source code, you might be able to run the software, provided you're willing to spring for a Unix box the software supports. That might be useful for people who need commercial applications (such as FrameMaker) which are no longer available for the Mac, but is still supported for Solaris.

  4. Re:Why? by pclminion · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Yeah, it's there. But you're thinking like a Linux user, not a developer :-) My job is more than just getting the thing to compile and run. I need to get it packaged up in a way suitable for endusers. We don't want to explain to our users how to get the X server running. They need to be able to just click and have the thing work.

    Like I said, I'm in the middle of the project right now, so I don't know if it will be easy or hard. But I think you're jumping to the conclusion that it'll be a piece of cake just a LITTLE too soon...

  5. Please don't use X11 OpenOffice on OS X by VAXGeek · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you want OpenOffice on OS X, help make one of the NATIVE ports more popular by using it. NeoOffice/J It's a totally native client that uses Java to render the UI. (Native Java? These are strange days.) Please help keep X11 apps off OS X.
    I realize we're stuck with X11 on Unix, but if you're sitting on top of Quartz, might as well use it, no?

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