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Re: what package to install a *working* X?



* Silvan <dmmcintyr@users.sourceforge.net> [040713 06:49]:

> Shouldn't there be one package, or one metapackage that installs a complete, 
> working X server with all the support apps, all the screen fonts, etc. 
> requires to make the thing useful?

Yes, there is.


> If so, WTF is it?

x-window-system-core


> And why doesn't installing konqueror or just any graphical application
> depend on the installation of a working X server anymore?

Because you don't need a local running X server. You need just a X
server running somewhere.


> What good is konqueror if you can't run it?

But you can run it.


> Is there some way to run konqueror without an X server?

No. But you don't need a local x server.


> How about kdm?

The same.

At work I often run applications like Openoffice.org or gimp on a 
different computer, which is faster than my notebook. But I since nobody
sits in front of this, it doesn't have a X server installed.



Yours sincerely,
  Alexander

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