Apple x11

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Apple x11

What is Apple X11, how do I get it? I'm trying to use this text editing program and it says that I need that... I'm unsure of how to go about this.

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Posted on Dec 10, 2006 9:44 PM

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Answer 1

Niel

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Dec 10, 2006 9:59 PM in response to TheGreatMrCat

Insert your computer's original disks and search for an X11 option; this may either be part of a custom installation, or there may be an item named X11User with a yellow package icon. In the second case, double-click the package and follow the onscreen prompts.

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Answer 2

JoeyR

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Dec 11, 2006 6:14 AM in response to TheGreatMrCat

Although, before you go through all that... what type of text editing program are you trying to use? There is a basic text editing program in OS X and lots of free ones out there that don't rely on X11.

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kenmai

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Dec 11, 2006 6:49 AM in response to TheGreatMrCat

Insert your OS X disk. Scroll down until you see the yellow box icon for optional install. Double clikc that and choose to install X11.

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Answer 4

Dec 11, 2006 8:28 AM in response to kenmai

What is x11?

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Niel

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Dec 11, 2006 12:52 PM in response to Dom_Harrington

See this article for an explanation of X11.

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Answer 6

Dec 11, 2006 12:56 PM in response to Niel

Thank you!

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Answer 7

Dec 11, 2006 5:14 PM in response to TheGreatMrCat

The program I was going to check out was open office... not sure, but it sounded a bit better than the text edit that's already on the mac

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yaume

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Dec 11, 2006 5:29 PM in response to TheGreatMrCat

Check out NeoOffice. Derived from OpenOffice, mac friendly, nice interface, apparently stable.
here:
http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/en/index.php

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Answer 9

JoeyR

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Dec 11, 2006 6:27 PM in response to yaume

Just as yaume said... get NeoOffice... it's built around OpenOffice, but it's designed for OS X... specifically so you don't need to use X11 (which looks horrible in OS X by the way).

http://www.neooffice.org/

Be SURE to download the Intel version... not the PPC version. The PPC version needs to be translated to Intel through Rosetta which makes it painfully slow. The Intel version is very usable... it just has a bit of an initial load time... But hey... it's free!

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