Synopses & Reviews
The most exciting and dynamic area in Linux today is the Graphical User Interface (GUI). Programs like Gnome and KDE have brought genuine ease of use to the Linux interface; window managers like Enlightenment have put powerful graphical tools in the hands of programmers. In the "Linux X User's Guide, O'Reilly brings its authoritative coverage of X to the Linux environment.
This book orients the new user to window system concepts and provides detailed descriptions of key programs. The reader will learn how to set up and install X, how to use and configure basic programs like xterm, and how to set up and customize window managers like fvwm and enlightenment. This book also provides coverage of Linux's major desktop environments, Gnome and KDE.
In the Linux X User's Guide O'Reilly extends the rich coverage of its X Window System Series to the Linux platform. Comprehensive, easy to use, loaded with examples, tutorials, and hints, this book provides a definitive user's guide to the X Window System on Linux.
Synopsis
O'Reilly has extended the rich coverage of its X Windows System Series to the Linux platform. Loaded with examples, tutorials, and hints, this comprehensive volume introduces the reader to Linux's exciting and dynamic graphical environment, covering the Gnome and KDE desktop environments and the enlightenment window manager.
About the Author
Ellen Siever is a writer and editor specializing in Linux and other open source topics. In addition to Linux in a Nutshell, she coauthored Perl in a Nutshell. She is a long-time Linux and Unix user, and was a programmer for many years until she decided that writing about computers was more fun.