X Clients

An X client is a program designed to run within the X Window System and be served by X (thus ``client''). There are many clients available (though probably not all on your system), and most are in the public domain. If your system does not have a particular X client you need, you can probably get it from a friend. Here are some of the ones available, with an asterisk indicating our recommendations. 

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X CLIENTS

aquarium

Watch the fish.

bitmap

Bitmap editor.

dclock

Digital clock.

heXcalc

Programmer's calculator.

ico

Animate icosahedron or other polyhedron.

idraw*

Drawing editor (like MacDraw).

maze

Automated maze program.

muncher

Draw interesting patterns.

oclock

Display time of day.

olwm

OPEN LOOK window manager.

pbmlife

Portable bitmap rules of Life.

plaid

Plaid-like patterns.

psycho

Animate an icosahedron.

puzzle -puzzle game.

resize

Set TERMCAP and terminal settings

to current window size.

roids

Dodge and shoot flying rocks.

scale

Resize bitmap image.

smoothim

Smooth and reduce noise in image.

spaceout

Animated space display.

startx

Robust X Window start.

tvtwm*

Tom's Virtual Tab Window Manager.

twm*

Tab Window Manager (useful on a slow X terminal).

vpuzzle

Shuffle your display like an old puzzle.

worm

Draw wiggly worms.

worms

Animate worms.

xauth

X authority file utility.

xbiff*

Mailbox flag.

xcalc*

Scientific calculator.

xcalendar*

Calendar.

xclipboard*

Clipboard.

xclock*

Analog / digital clock.

xcolors

Display all color names and colors.

xconq

Strategy game.

xconsole

Display console messages.

xcpustate

Display system usage.

xcutsel

Interchange cut and selection.

xdb*

Display bitmap in a window.

xdbx*

Interface to dbx debugger.

xdecide

Decision Making Tool.

xdm

Display Manager.

xdpr

Dump X Window to printer.

xdpyinfo

Display information.

xdvi*

Display dvi file.

xedit

Simple text editor.

xev

Print contents of X events.

xeyes

Watch over your shoulder.

xface

Display face savers.

xfade

Fade between strings.

xfig

Interactive generation of figures.

xfish

Workstation-to-aquarium conversion.

xfontsel

Point-and-click font selection.

xgc

X graphics demos.

xgif*

Display GIF (*) pictures.

xgraph*

Plot graph from data.

xhost*

Server access control.

xim

File format for digital images.

xinit*

X initializer.

xkill

Kill X client.

xless

File browsing program.

xload

Load average display.

xview

View images.

xlock*

Lock X display until password entered.

xlogo

X Window System logo.

xlogout

Simple logout button.

xlsatoms

List interned atoms defined on server.

xlsclients

List running client applications.

xlsfonts*

List fonts.

xlswins

Display server window list.

xmag

Magnify part of screen.

xman*

Manual page display program.

xmandel

Mandelbrot and Julia sets.

xmap

Display world map.

xmessage

Display message.

xmh*

MH message handling system.

xmodmap, xprkbd

Modify keyboard.

xmoire

Display changeable vector pattern.

xmoon

Current moon phase.

xperfmon

Monitor performance.

xphoon

Display phase of the moon

xplaces

Snapshot and print of windows.

xpostit

Post-it notes.

xpr*

Print window dump.

xprop

Display property.

xpseudoroot

Create pseudo root window.

xpuzzle

Another V11 puzzle game.

xrainbow

Life's beautiful.

xrdb

Resource database utility.

xrefresh

Refresh an X screen.

xrn*

Interface to usenet news system.

xrotmap*

Rotate HSB colormap on your friend's display.

xrsh*

Start remote X shells (clients).

xscope

Protocol viewer.

xset*

Set user preferences.

xsetroot*

Set root window parameters.

xshow

Show bitmap files.

xshowcmap

Show colormap.

xsol

Play solitaire.

xtartan

Draw tartans as window backgrounds.

xterm*

Terminal emulator.

xtetris

Game.

xtoxim

Convert X Window dump to xim file.

xtrek

Space shoot 'em up game.

xtroff

Troff previewer.

xv*

Manipulate images.

xwatchwin

Watch window on other X server.

xwd*

Dump window's image.

xwps

Convert window to Postscript.