Difference between revisions of "XWN740"
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Installing and Configuring the X Window Server | Installing and Configuring the X Window Server | ||
- Auto-configuration | - Auto-configuration | ||
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- Self-generated config file | - Self-generated config file | ||
- Configuration tools (e.g., system-config-display in Fedora) | - Configuration tools (e.g., system-config-display in Fedora) |
Revision as of 15:54, 2 September 2008
== Link to XWN740 Course Webpage ==
Murray Saul's XWN740 Webpage
== Link to XWN740 Subject Outline ==
XWN740 Subject Outline
== Link to XWN740 Weekly Notes ==
XWN740 Weekly Notes
== Tentative Topic Outline (See Table Below) ==
Emphasize the layered approach (Section 1.5 in book) |
Display and User Interface Hardware and Technology - Displays, graphics cards, USB devices |
Starting and Using the X Server - using VTs - startx - display managers - xdmcp - manually starting the X server |
Standard X Programs and Utilities - Chapter 6 in book - Useful for analyzing and debugging |
Installing and Configuring the X Window Server - Auto-configuration - No config file - Self-generated config file - Configuration tools (e.g., system-config-display in Fedora) - Using the x.org configuration file |
Fonts, Colours, and Keyboards |
Integrated X Desktop Environments - KDE - GNOME - XFCE - Others |
X and Wide Area Networking - The three challenges (13.7 in book) - Privacy - Access control - Network performance (bandwidth and latency) - Xauth - ssh |
X and VNC |
Building a Kiosk - This is a useful topic because it lets the students split the different layers apart and recombine them as they see fit. |
== Useful X-Windows Resources ==
Fill in as you wish...