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    I know this is rather common, but I am having issues. A definitive answer for this question would be helpful for many. Lots of examples around seem omit important details. Commented May 6, 2011 at 17:41
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    One thing to be aware of when reading about X11 is that the terminology is a little weird. Usually the machine that we are sitting at is the client, and the server is the machine that is remote to us.But in the X world, that is flipped around. The machine we are sitting at is creating windows and drawing shapes at the request of the remote machine. So the remote machine making the requests to draw is the "Client", and the local machine that is servicing those requests is the "Server". Commented Dec 28, 2019 at 22:28