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* Download, install, configure and use the Gnome desktop environment
== Topic Outline ==
* Overview of X - 5%
o What is X?
o Client-Server Model
o Terminology
o History of X
* Display and User Interface Hardware and Technology - 10%
o Monitors - LCD, CRT - connection types, resolution, refresh rates
o Video Cards - memory type and size, DACs, GPUs
o Pointing devices - mice, touch screens, light pens, graphics tablets
o Keyboards - connection types, scancodes, geometry, accessibility issues
o Device standards and standard bodies, including VESA, DPMS, DDC, USB HID, and TCO99
o Network transports: local (Unix domain sockets, STREAMS, named pipes, shared memory) and remote (TCP/IP and alternatives (IPX/SPX, DecNet))
* Installing and Configuring the X Window Server - 15%
o Installing XFree86/Xouvert - using tar files and rpm packages
o Configuration - automatic, fully manual, and manual using GUI tools
o Hardware Configuration - keyboard, pointer/mouse, monitor
o The X Server - choosing the correct driver for your video card
o Installing alternate (non-XFree86) X servers
o Multi-head configuration
o Xinerama
o Fonts types and configuration
o The X Font Server (xfs) and alternatives
* Starting and Using the X Server - 10%
o Starting X: startx, xinit, X
o Display Managers: xdm/gdm/kdm/chooser
o Query, Broadcast and Indirect methods of contacting display managers
* Standard X Programs and Utilities - 5%
o xset, xdpyinfo
o xcalc, xclock, xeyes, xkill, xmag, xsetroot, xloadimage, xterm
o xfd, xlsfonts, xfontsel, x11perf
o KDE and Gnome equivalents of standard X utilities
* Linux/X Toolkit Particulars - 5%
o Xt, Gtk, Qt, Xforms, Motif/Lesstif
* Runtime Application Configuration - 5%
o X Resource Database
o Common Resources and Command-Line Options
o KDE and Gnome configuration systems
* Runtime Environment Configuration - 5%
o Window Managers
* Integrated X Desktop Environments - 10%
o KDE
o GNOME
o Others - CDE
'''== Useful X-Windows Resources ==''' <br />
