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X Window system and GNOME

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#1

Hi,

Yesterday I had problems with screen resolution and I was searching the forums. I came to know about something called the X window system. I was confused because I thought it was GNOME which was responsible for the way things appear on the screen. Even after a lot of searching in the forums and on the web about X window system, still things aren't very clear about those two. Is there any simple tutorial or discussion about the relation between X Window system and GNOME. I read about X Window system at the following link. http://http://www.linux-tutorial.info/modules.php?name=Tutorial&pageid=98

Thanks, Vj

Oops I meant to post this in Absolute Beginner Talk forum. How can I move this post to that forum??:confused:

#2

The X-Window system is nothing but a graphical system under which window managers such as Gnome, KDE and others are used and developed.

#3

This article explains it very well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System

#4

i'd the same problem.