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"The basic idea behind open source is very simple. When programmers on the Internet can read, redistribute, and modify the source for a piece of software, it evolves. People improve it, people adapt it, people fix bugs. And this can happen at a speed that, if one is used to the slow pace of conventional software development, seems astonishing...
...The Open Source pages exist to make this case to the commercial world."    - Introduction to Open Source - www.opensource.org

* X Server

market download This application implements a mostly-complete X11 server, running natively in Android. It allows X Window System applications to be run remotely and displayed on an Android device with internet access.

Note that this application does not come with a window manager. However, it is possible to run a window manager remotely, which is fiddly but seems to work.

This is still a beta release, so feel free to report any bugs you find, or, better yet, fix them yourself. Yes, it's open source, hosted at http://code.google.com/p/android-xserver/

Recent changes:
Added the XTEST extension.

Content rating: Everyone

Author: Darkside Technologies Pty Ltd
Version: 1.21
Market link: au.com.darkside.XServer
Web site: http://www.darkside.com.au



Source code:
Code license:
Market downloads: 10,000-50,000
Market rating: 4.2 / 5.0
Category: Top:/Applications/Tools


Added: 2012-03-23
Updated: 2014-08-17
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