X Power Tools
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (574 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0596101953 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This unique inside look at X gives Unix/Linux system administrators, owners of self-administered systems, and power users a lot of useful ways to harness the power of this system effectively. X Power Tools fills that hole with the most practical and up-to-date information available.Written in O'Reilly's popular Power Tools format, X Power Tools offers dozens of standalone articles, thoroughly cross-referenced, on useful tools and techniques for using X. Each article in the book gives you insight into X; the entire book gives you a real grasp on this system and what you can do with it.. This book:Offers a thorough grounding in X configuration and how the system worksProvides the comple
. He has programmed in two dozen different languages over the past 20 years, and now teaches at Seneca College, Toronto. About the Author Chris Tyler is a programmer and Linux network administrator with a focus on the X Window System and LAMP
Finally X explained Ever since making Linux my primary OS of choice, I have found it impossible to find a cogent explanation of the different pieces of software that result in the graphical desktop. There are X, session managers, window managers, compositing managers, and desktop environments. Happily, this book explains these pieces of software, their purpose and the way they interact, and does it in a way that is accesible to the intermediate *nix user while still providing a satisfying amount of technical detail. It also provides tools for managing the sof. "An Introduction to X" according to Burlen Loring. Although a bit superficial technically speaking X Power Tools pieces together a survey of generally useful X11 knowledge in a quick and easy read. Think of this book as a good place to begin an exploration of X. For those who know next to nothing X11 or windowing systems, and have little experience configuring or running Linux the book is a perfect introduction (5 stars). For those who have a lot of experience configuring or running Linux, who certainly have had to interact with X before, much of this material will already be familiar (An Introduction to X Although a bit superficial technically speaking X Power Tools pieces together a survey of generally useful X11 knowledge in a quick and easy read. Think of this book as a good place to begin an exploration of X. For those who know next to nothing X11 or windowing systems, and have little experience configuring or running Linux the book is a perfect introduction (5 stars). For those who have a lot of experience configuring or running Linux, who certainly have had to interact with X before, much of this material will already be familiar (3 s. s. Great information on X Unix Lists X is rapidly changing these days, owing to development of newer hardware (e.g. KMS) and the desire of certain Projects such as Canonical to implement their own versions (Mir etc.).Nevertheless, this is a great book with some neat tricks to boot. Not every machine which I personally own--which actually runs a display--has the latest-and-greatest Hardware, and I was therefore pleasantly surprised to learn several things I did not know about X. It is my personal hope that MIT's X Implementation will continue to be a mainstay for years to come
He has programmed in two dozen different languages over the past 20 years, and now teaches at Seneca College, Toronto. . Chris Tyler is a programmer and Linux network administrator with a focus on the X Window System and LAMP