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Run Linux X Application without Desktop Environment
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[From http://askubuntu.com/questions/73767/how-to-stop-the-unity-desktop] Using Ubuntu, the desktop can be "quit" by logging out and, from the LightDM login screen...

CTRL+ALT+F1

...to move to TTY1 text console.

Then... sudo service lightdm stop ...will stop all graphics.

[From https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=107319]

Then, to launch an application with X (without a desktop environment), use (for example)...

xinit /usr/bin/firefox $* -- :1

...where /usr/bin/firefox/ is the application to launch X with.

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