X-Windows: Advantages and Disadvantages
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Fac: Mitchell Lee
By: Victor Matos
Abstract
X-Windows is a system which provides bitmapping for window displays. It runs as a program through the UNIX and Linux operating systems. X-Windows has a variety of applications that can be used but it is still limited in comparison to the applications available on the Microsoft Windows operating systems.
The main advantage that X-Windows holds is the fact that it is Open Source. By maintaining an Open Source presence on the market, users and programmers are able to collaborate and create different versions of the kernel as well as many useful applications that would otherwise be unavailable for distribution with Microsoft Windows. While many programmers can create and develop applications for use with the Microsoft operating systems, there are still limitations due to licensing and the proprietary nature of their products. (Terpstra, 2005) Through Linux......
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