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This may be a stupid question - But is it possible to run GUI apps (Firefox for example) on a computer where I don't have a graphical desktop installed (like GNOME, Xfce)?
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This may be a stupid question - But is it possible to run GUI apps (Firefox for example) on a computer where I don't have a graphical desktop installed (like GNOME, Xfce)?
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You can install X windows without installing a desktop, and run apps under bare X. It's a bit strange like that: no background, no window borders. Or you can add a minimal window manager.
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Sure. There are couple of options (which you want is not clear from question).
ssh -X
to connect and run firefox at the server => firefox UI is drawn to your computer.So for example, would firefox look/behave the same even though it doesn't have X to run off of? – Kitchi – 2012-11-09T13:04:07.933
In short, yes. Settings, history and other stuff (if not synced otherwise) would of course be from machine executing firefox, not from one displaying the UI. – Ahe – 2012-11-12T06:50:22.173
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Here are several headless X servers some of them are:
Also, you can run xorg with dummy display driver.
Are you simply asking out of curiosity or do you have something specific in mind? – Der Hochstapler – 2012-11-09T11:49:09.537
Just curious. :) – Kitchi – 2012-11-09T13:03:33.210