== 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 ==
Overview of X
- 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.