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This patch addresses blackend's comment on desktop environments and bjk's comment on client/server confusion.

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Approved by:	gjb (mentor)
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Dru Lavigne 2013-10-07 22:43:19 +00:00
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en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml
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The server's responsibility includes tasks such as managing
the display, handling input from the keyboard and mouse, and
handling input or output from other devices such as a tablet
or a video projector.</para>
or a video projector. This confuses some people, because the X terminology is
exactly backward to what they expect. They expect the
<quote>X server</quote> to be the big powerful machine down
the hall, and the <quote>X client</quote> to be the machine
on their desk.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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<term>desktop environment</term>
<listitem>
<para>Some window managers, such as <application>KDE</application> and
<para><application>KDE</application> and
<application>GNOME</application> are considered to be desktop environments
as they include an entire suite of applications for performing
common desktop tasks. These may include office suites, web