Running X Without Root Privileges

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The X Windowing System is the graphical backbone of most UNIX-like operating systems (and OpenVMS) – despite lots and lots of criticism, the system has withstood the test of time. Despite its age, development on X has not slowed down – in fact, it only seems to have picked up. A few weeks ago, we had kernel-based mode setting, and today we have the X server running as user instead of root.

Link: osnews.com

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