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X Window System

graphics controller and network protocol for UNIX-like systems
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X Window System

Summary

X Window System is a free and open-source software[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • X Window System's instance of is recorded as free and open-source software[3].
  • X Window System's instance of is recorded as display server[4].
  • X Window System's instance of is recorded as computing platform[5].
  • X Window System's instance of is recorded as windowing system[6].
  • W Window System is named after X Window System[7].
  • X Window System followed W Window System[8].
  • X Window System's developer is recorded as X.Org Foundation[9].
  • X Window System's developer is recorded as Keith Packard[10].
  • X Window System's copyright license is recorded as MIT License[11].
  • X Window System's software version identifier is recorded as X11R7.7[12].
  • X Window System's software version identifier is recorded as X11R3[13].
  • X Window System's Commons category is recorded as X Window System[14].
  • X Window System's platform is recorded as cross-platform software[15].
  • 1982 marks the founding of X Window System[16].
  • X Window System was published on 1984[17].
  • X Window System's official website is recorded as https://x.org[18].
  • X Window System's topic's main category is recorded as Category:X Window System[19].
  • X Window System's source code repository URL is recorded as https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg[20].
  • X Window System's replaces is recorded as W Window System[21].
  • X Window System's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/x11[22].
  • X Window System's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://unix.stackexchange.com/tags/x11[23].
  • X Window System's name in kana is recorded as エックスウィンドウシステム[24].
  • X Window System's derivative work is recorded as Xenocara[25].
  • X Window System's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[26].

Body

Publication

X Window System was published on 1984[17].

Adaptations and Inspiration

X Window System followed W Window System[8].

Cultural Impact

Things named for X Window System include Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X[27], a Linux distribution[28], founded in 1992[29].

Why It Matters

X Window System has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 138 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for it include Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X[27], a Linux distribution[28], founded in 1992[29].

Related Entities

cross-platform software elementary OS GNOME Shell Keith Packard Picom Project Athena xdvik Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Q111997447. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . x.org. x.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . x.org. Retrieved . x.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . x.org. Retrieved . x.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Charp238 · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Stack exchange tag → https://stackoverflow.com/tags/x11, https://unix.stackexchange.com/tags/x11
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1482]]: https://security.stackexchange.com/tags/x11"
  2. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    License → —
    Follows → W Window System
    Derivative work → Xenocara
    Instance of → free and open-source software, display server, computing platform +1
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007529947105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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