X11 Apps?

dstranathandstranathan
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in macOS edited January 2014
Anyone have any good sources on the web for cool apps (binaries) for X11 (Free86, XDarwin)?



I just started playin' with X11 and its kinda cool. I would love to install a web browser and stuff.



Any (OS X friendly) links for a X11 newbie?

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  • Reply 1 of 10
    pyr3pyr3 Posts: 946member
    [quote]Originally posted by dstranathan:

    <strong>Anyone have any good sources on the web for cool apps (binaries) for X11 (Free86, XDarwin)?



    I just started playin' with X11 and its kinda cool. I would love to install a web browser and stuff.



    Any (OS X friendly) links for a X11 newbie?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I would say to just go to freshmeat.net or sourceforge.net and see what programs you can find and look for compatibility. Also from fink.sourceforge.net (not exactly for newbies, but give it a shot) I'm too tired to think of anything else ... I need some water ... so hot =(
  • Reply 2 of 10
    nebagakidnebagakid Posts: 2,692member
    [quote]Originally posted by dstranathan:

    <strong>Anyone have any good sources on the web for cool apps (binaries) for X11 (Free86, XDarwin)?



    I just started playin' with X11 and its kinda cool. I would love to install a web browser and stuff.



    Any (OS X friendly) links for a X11 newbie?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    <a href="http://openosx.com"; target="_blank">Open OS X</a> Is a site where they compile the X11 programs for you and include a window server...all you have to do is run a standard installer, and it works, simple as that. You do not have to download anything, it just works. Most of the programs cost $30 bucks and if you buy more you get discount



    (i have not tried any of their products, but it seems simple enough) <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
  • Reply 3 of 10
    pyr3pyr3 Posts: 946member
    Ok, now I'm ready for a more indepth explanation. X11 is just the windowing system. You will need other libraries to get going. Like GNOME/GTK+, KDE/QT, OpenMotif. There aren't many programs that *just* run in X. You should be able to get mplayer running with just X though. You can get the osx version (not native, version that compiles in OSX and uses X11) from fink.sourceforge.net. It's a movie player that plays most everything up through DivX5, but it's no big on gui though. It's more console-based. (console command brings up just the movie window which uses keyboard commands to help the play) Once you get those other libraries installed you can use lots of more programs. You'll basically be reaching into the linux/unix/bsd basket of programs.
  • Reply 4 of 10
    dstranathandstranathan Posts: 1,717member
    I'm running XDarwin, which by default uses the WindowMaker (ala OpenStep) GUI.



    Can I install KDE or GNOME under XDarwin?



    I like workspaces! Will Jag have them?
  • Reply 5 of 10
    bartobarto Posts: 2,246member
    [quote]Originally posted by Nebagakid:

    <strong>



    <a href="http://openosx.com"; target="_blank">Open OS X</a> Is a site where they compile the X11 programs for you and include a window server...all you have to do is run a standard installer, and it works, simple as that. You do not have to download anything, it just works. Most of the programs cost $30 bucks and if you buy more you get discount



    (i have not tried any of their products, but it seems simple enough) <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>



    <a href="http://fink.sourceforge.net/pr/openosx.php"; target="_blank">Don't buy anything from Open OS X</a>



    I ran Gnome 1.4 under XDarwin until my 40GB hard drive died.



    Download <a href="http://fink.sourceforge.net"; target="_blank">Fink</a>, which will do the downloading, config and compiling of unix programs for you.



    Fink Commander (do a search) has a nice front-end (not the terminal) for fink.



    Barto



    [ 07-26-2002: Message edited by: Barto ]</p>
  • Reply 6 of 10
    cubedudecubedude Posts: 1,556member
    KDE does not work under Darwin, and I don't think Gnome does either(could be wrong).



    Read <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/ryantann/.Public/xdarwin_guide.pdf"; target="_blank">this.</a>



    Skip task #1, just go <a href="http://xdarwin.org/download/"; target="_blank">here</a> instead.



    That pdf also tells you how to install GIMP, but of course you can skip that.



    edit: Gnome does work, didn't see your post Barto. <img src="graemlins/embarrassed.gif" border="0" alt="[Embarrassed]" />



    [ 07-27-2002: Message edited by: CubeDude ]</p>
  • Reply 7 of 10
    torifiletorifile Posts: 4,024member
    Gnome does work. Just don't expect it to be snappy.
  • Reply 8 of 10
    stimulistimuli Posts: 564member
    Don't expect X to be 'snappy' either, as last I checked it is not hardware-accelerated on OSX.
  • Reply 9 of 10
    pyr3pyr3 Posts: 946member
    <a href="http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/x11/index.php"; target="_blank">http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/x11/index.php</a>; This link will be helpful to you.



    "It supports both full-screen and rootless operation, and has OpenGL support. " From the 'Installing XFree86' section (X11 is XFree86 just to not confuse newbs )



    Reading the 'History' and 'Introduction' parts will clear up A LOT of confusion about the various implementations of X11 on OSX.



    [ 07-27-2002: Message edited by: pyr3 ]</p>
  • Reply 10 of 10
    jbljbl Posts: 555member
    KDE is available from the fink people. Check <a href="http://fink.sourceforge.net/news/kde.php"; target="_blank">this</a> out. I haven't tried it out. From that page it appears to be at the equivalent of a beta level.
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