X Window System

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X, or the X Window System, is the software that enables the XO's Sugar graphical user interface — windows, icons, and menus that you interact with using a pointer.

It is standard open source software provided with nearly all Linux distributions.

Restarting X

You can press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to restart the X server without rebooting your XO.

Determining X version

In the Terminal Activity, enter xdpyinfo to display lots of information about X. Enter

 xdpyinfo | grep version

just to see the version.

See also