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7.6.1. Installed Documentation
• /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README
get additional information about the XFree86 project as a new user.
• /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/RELNOTES
features available in XFree86.
• man XF86Config
meaning and syntax for the different sections within the files.
— The primary man page for all XFree86 information, details the difference be-
• man XFree86
tween local and network X server connections, explores common environmental variables, lists
command line options, and provides helpful administrative key combinations.
— Describes the X display server.
• man Xserver
7.6.2. Useful Websites
http://www.xfree86.org/ — Home page of the XFree86 project, which produces the XFree86 open
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source version of the X Window System. XFree86 is bundled with Red Hat Enterprise Linux to
control the necessary hardware and provide a GUI environment.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dri/ — Home page of the DRI (Direct Rendering Infrastructure)
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project. The DRI is the core hardware 3D acceleration component of XFree86.
http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/XFree86-HOWTO/ — A HOWTO document de-
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tailing the manual installation and custom configuration of XFree86.
http://www.gnome.org/ — Home of the GNOME project.
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http://www.kde.org/ — Home of the KDE desktop environment.
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http://nexp.cs.pdx.edu/fontconfig/ — Home of the Fontconfig font subsystem for XFree86.
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7.6.3. Related Books
The Concise Guide to XFree86 for Linux by Aron Hsiao; Que — Provides an expert's view of the
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operation of XFree86 on Linux systems.
The New XFree86 by Bill Ball; Prima Publishing — Discuses XFree86 and its relationship with the
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popular desktop environments, such as GNOME and KDE.
Beginning GTK+ and GNOME by Peter Wright; Wrox Press, Inc. — Introduces programmers to
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the GNOME architecture, showing them how to get started with GTK+.
GTK+/GNOME Application Development by Havoc Pennington; New Riders Publishing — An
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advanced look into the heart of GTK+ programming, focusing on sample code and a thorough look
at the available APIs.
KDE 2.0 Development by David Sweet and Matthias Ettrich; Sams Publishing — Instructs be-
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ginning and advanced developers in how to take advantage of the many environment guidelines
required to built QT applications for KDE.
— Briefly describes the XFree86 architecture and how to
— Contains information about the XFree86 configuration files, including the
Chapter 7. The X Window System
— For advanced users that want to read about the latest