All the above is possible thanks to X11, also known as the X Window System.

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What's more, the game only plays in 800-by-600 pixel mode in the X Window System.

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The X Window Server has been serving Linux users faithfully for the better part of a decade.

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Like most of Loki's other ported games (Railroad Tycoon being the notable exception), Heroes III can only be played on the console and not displayed over a network through the X Window System.

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Again, you would need to fall in the window of number of samples x regions of interest x barcodes x machine capacity.

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It also could give us a new way to look deep inside our bodies without X-rays, or to look through a window into a burning building from a distance to see if anyone is left inside --without risking a firefighter's life.

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