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  • I have worked, albeit little, with UNIX and Linux for classes mostly using the command line and x-windows.

    Clean Up And Revive Your Bloated, Sluggish Mac | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • I have worked, albeit little, with UNIX and Linux for classes mostly using the command line and x-windows.

    Clean Up And Revive Your Bloated, Sluggish Mac | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • If you install gnome or kde it will install the default x-windows for the distribution you're using as a prerequisite as those are desktop environments/window managers.

    LinuxQuestions.org 2010

  • This is not the detailed solution, but if you do the following: apt-get install kdesktop it will install x-windows and all the necessary dependencies for the KDE desktop (the same as if you had selected 'desktop' in the original install).

    LinuxQuestions.org webboss 2010

  • This is not the detailed solution, but if you do the following: apt-get install kdesktop it will install x-windows and all the necessary dependencies for the KDE desktop (the same as if you had selected 'desktop' in the original install).

    LinuxQuestions.org 2010

  • Besides, I might have to reboot, it's much better than "now you need to kill x-windows to restart the window manager and restart it from the command line."

    Jason Burns' Blog Jason Burns 2010

  • Perhaps because x-windows was already running, starting opie was a bit of a disaster.

    Random feeds from Syndic8.com 2009

  • It doesn't say what to do if you already have x-windows installed.

    Random feeds from Syndic8.com 2009

  • In fact, tap-and-hold is the big advantage of opie over x-windows with the ICE window manager.

    Random feeds from Syndic8.com 2009

  • The installation chapter tells you not to install x-windows.

    Random feeds from Syndic8.com 2009

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