I have recently purchased a Mac Book Pro (Mavericks 10.9.3) and I'd like to run Inkscape. After researching the subject I see that I need to install X11, however I don't want to do this if X11 is going to run continuously and chew up CPU resources. (Inkscape is the only X11 app I am likely to use, I think).
So, if I install X11, will it run whenever the machine is in use? Or only when an X11 app (such as Inkscape) is running. And are there other downsides/complications to running X11?
Best Answer
If you install the X11 subsystem, it will only run when you have an X11 program running.
Much the same as when installing the JVM - that will only run when you run a Java program.