What is X11?Should I install it?

Since you ask, you almost certainly don't need it.

If you log into another computer to run UNIX commands, you can use X11, which is an X-windows program. However, if your work on the other computer uses only text, Terminal is easier to use. So, only if you know you need X-windows, you will need X11. With the web, e-mail, file sharing, and other ways to connect to other computers, X-windows is only for very specialized uses.

I have been programming computers for 55 years, and I have never used X11, other than to just try it out.

Here's a description of X11 < <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X11.app >. It's necessary to run some applications.

 Cheers, Tom 😉

OpenOffice needs it. I was curious to see what OpenOffice is like so I installed X11.

Then I started up OpenOffice and discovered that X11 starts up at the same time and opens a console window.

OpenOffice looks so horrible I'm probably going to trash both of them.

I mean a terminal window