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In the instructions below, substitute your UW Net ID wherever you see "uwnetid". Last updated: 26 Mar 2003
X Window SystemThe X Window System is a windowing system for Unix developed by MIT. One of its features is the ability to display the graphics screen from a remote system and control it locally by transmitting keyboard and mouse activity to the remote system. Regardless of whether or not X is used locally or remotely, a window manager is needed to keep track of the windows and input activity. A simple universal one is called "twm". On Linux, common modern window managers are gnome ("gnome-session") and kde. On SunOS, one can use the Common Desktop Environment window manager ("dtwm"). To connect to a remote computer, an "X client" connects to its "X server". For security, the X connection is tunneled over an encrypted (via ssh) connection.
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How to Connect to ServersSee these instructions on how to connect.
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