Re: The basics of beginning
Re: The basics of beginning
- Subject: Re: The basics of beginning
- From: "Glenn L. Austin" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 07:13:36 -0800
on 2/14/2003 6:29 AM, Robert Poland at email@hidden wrote:
> Forgive me if I don't know nuttin.
The only "dumb" question is the one that isn't asked, so ask away! :-)
> I need to get into Unix at a low level. I have installed X11 0.2.1.
> (iMac 800 512M ram, OS 10.2.4).
>
> When I double click on it (X11) I get the same window I would get
> from double clicking Terminal.
>
> What is the point of X11? What does it allow me to do?
>
> Don't tell me to look in archives, unless you include a URL(s). Days
> spent there seem to start at levels above a rank beginner.
>
> I have installed FinkCommander 0.5.0, haven't been able to crack the
> purpose of it either.
>
> Any guidance for this senior citizen would be greatly appreciated,
FinkCommander allows you to download either sources or pre-compiled binaries
of programs, and be able to track them for automatic updating or deletion.
X is basically the "GUI" for Unix-like systems. It provides a common set of
APIs to be able to interact with the user at a level "above" a text-only
interface.
To give you an example of what X can do, try typing 'xclock&' at the command
line in the window that comes up when you start X11. This will display a
window with the X clock and the '&' on the end of the line will let you run
other programs while the current one is executing.
X really isn't the "low level" of Unix, but it makes working with Unix-like
systems a lot more user-friendly.
As I saw in someone's signature, "Unix *IS* user-friendly, it's just
particular who it's friends are!" :-)
--
Glenn L. Austin <><
Computer Wizard and Race Car Driver
<email@hidden>
<http://www.austin-home.com/glenn/>
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