Submitted by “As noticed by several users running the developer preview version of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Apple is no longer including its X11 application for running software through the X Window System interface. […] The X Window System has an extensive open source history, with development on the Mac side being handled under the XQuartz project. Apple’s X11 application has been based on this effort, although as with many open source projects bundled for use in commercial software, X11 has generally been somewhat behind the latest XQuartz releases. The current version of X11 is 2.6.3, while XQuartz is currently available in version 2.7.0.” Makes perfect sense. I mean, you guys were using XQuartz already anyway, right?
My impression is that there are enough opinion formers out there who need Unix GUI access. Such that X11 in one form or another will be around.
The increased use of virtual machines has reduced the need considerably but it is still there.
The Leopard implementation feels like an alien on my desktop – perhaps the replacement will improvement.
That’s a shame, because at the moment Gimp requires X11 for it’s graphic layer.
Slowly slowly, the windows are shutting.
Seahorse doesn’t and it is based on Gimp and does a lot of what Gimp does. Maybe not all, but the interface is much less alien.
I think you mean seashore :p btw thanks I am downloading it now
What good is a UNIX OS without X? I guess the Wayland movement has gotten it’s first casualty of war.
Actually I wasn’t aware of XQuartz. I use X11 sparingly but I’m glad there’s an alternative out there
They’ll still be X11 for OSX. Apple just won’t bundle it anymore.
But will it be available in the App Store? lol.
Remember only signed apps through the App Store in future versions of OSX.
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That’s one interpretation of what Gatekeeper might do in a version of the future. Nothing is set in stone, so speculation at this point is just a big guess.
Yep well that’s another reason why I won’t even start using OSX. There’s just no telling what they’ll take away next. Apple and Sony…
They really aren not taking away anything. XQuartz is the same open source project that that apple based there X11 for OSX on. The only difference is that the XQuartz version is up to date instead of waiting for Apple to release it.
Apple is advocating that users use XQuartz. Sony on the other hand, made users choose between having a PS3 that can play games online or having linux on it.
And Apple actually pay for XQuartz development. In fact, Apple is responsible for Xorg release management as of late. This is a lot to say if they don’t care. Yes, it may be a team of 1, but a team of one it is.
What they are taking away of CUPS is much more important. But well, for most of the stuff, it make sense. Using Avahi/Bonjour/Zeroconf instead of port 631 is probably a bit problematic for servers, but make sense for users.
Does anybody know if XQuartz suports an IOKit mode like older XFRee86 releases or is it Quartz only?