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.

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.

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