Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed

By William Ball

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Lead Authors
  • About the Contributing Authors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Tell Us What You Think!
  • Introduction
  • I. Red Hat Linux Installation and User Services
  • Chapter 1. Introduction to Red Hat Linux
  • Chapter 2. Installation of Your Red Hat System
  • Chapter 3. LILO and Other Boot Managers
  • Chapter 4. Configuring the X Window System, Version 11
    • What Is X11?
    • XFree86 or Another X11?
    • New Features of XFree86 4.0.1
    • Choosing a Configuration Tool
    • Examining the XF86Config File
    • Starting X11 with the startx Command
    • Using xdm
    • Troubleshooting XFree86
    • Summary
  • Chapter 5. Window Managers
  • Chapter 6. Connecting to the Internet
  • Chapter 7. IRC, ICQ, and Chat Clients
  • Chapter 8. Using Multimedia and Graphics Clients
  • II. Configuring Services
  • Chapter 9. System Startup and Shutdown
  • Chapter 10. SMTP and Protocols
  • Chapter 11. FTP
  • Chapter 12. Apache Server
  • Chapter 13. Internet News
  • Chapter 14. Domain Name Service and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
  • Chapter 15. NIS: Network Information Service
  • Chapter 16. NFS: Network Filesystem
  • Chapter 17. Samba
  • III. System Administration and Management
  • Chapter 18. Linux Filesystems, Disks, and Other Devices
  • Chapter 19. Printing with Linux
  • Chapter 20. TCP/IP Network Management
  • Chapter 21. Linux System Administration
  • Chapter 22. Backup and Restore
  • Chapter 23. System Security
  • IV. Red Hat Development and Productivity
  • Chapter 24. Linux C/C++ Programming Tools
  • Chapter 25. Shell Scripting
  • Chapter 26. Automating Tasks
  • Chapter 27. Configuring and Building Kernels
  • Chapter 28. Emulators, Tools, and Window Clients
  • V. Appendixes
  • A. The Linux Documentation Project
  • B. Top Linux Commands and Utilities
  • C. The GNU General Public License
  • D. Red Hat Linux RPM Package Listings

Summary

This chapter covered the new features and basic installation and configuration of the XFree86 X11 distribution for Red Hat Linux. If you're a new user, you found out how to correctly configure and install X with fewer problems; if you're an experienced user, you hopefully discovered some new features that will make your X sessions more productive and enjoyable. The new XFree86 X11 distribution and new architecture of its server, supporting loadable and specific module support for new graphics hardware, provides the promise of even better support for X under Linux in the future. If your graphics card is not currently supported, don't worry—new versions of the distribution will soon follow, and many graphics card manufacturers are now supplying Linux drivers. New advances in font rendering technology, larger displays, and ever-faster graphics cards will mean that Linux users can look forward to enjoying X11 support on a par with commercial software and the very latest display and windowing systems available on the market.

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