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6.6. Additional Resources

Much more can be said about the XFree86 server, the clients that connect to it, and the assorted

desktop environments and window managers. Advanced users interested in tweaking their XFree86

configuration will find these additional sources of information useful.

6.6.1. Installed Documentation

  /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README

  Briefly describes the XFree86 architecture and how to

get additional information about the XFree86 project as a new user.

  /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README.Config

  Explains the advanced configuration options

open to XFree86 version 3 users.

  /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/RELNOTES

  For advanced users that want to read about the latest

features available in XFree86.

  man XF86Config

  Contains information about the XFree86 configuration files, including the

meaning and syntax for the different sections within the files.

  man XFree86

  The primary man page for all XFree86 information, details the difference be 

tween local and network X server connections, explores common environmental variables, lists

command line options, and provides helpful administrative key combinations.

  man Xserver

  Discribes the X display server.

6.6.2. Useful Websites

http://www.xfree86.org   Home page of the XFree86 project, which produces the XFree86 open

source version of the X Window System. XFree86 is bundled with Red Hat Linux to control the

necessary hardware and provide a GUI environment.

http://dri.sourceforge.net   Home page of the DRI (Direct Rendering Infrastructure) project. The

DRI is the core hardware 3D acceleration component of XFree86.

http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/XFree86 HOWTO   A HOWTO document detail 

ing the manual installation and custom configuration of XFree86.

http://www.gnome.org   The home of the GNOME project.

http://www.kde.org   The home of the KDE desktop environment.

6.6.3. Related Books

The Concise Guide to XFree86 for Linux by Aron Hsiao; Que   Provides an expert's view of the

operation of XFree86 on Linux systems.

The New XFree86 by Bill Ball; Prima Publishing   Discuses XFree86 and its relationship with the

popular desktop environments, such as GNOME and KDE.

Beginning GTK+ and GNOME by Peter Wright; Wrox Press, Inc.   Introduces programmers to

the GNOME architecture, showing them how to get started with GTK+.

GTK+/GNOME Application Development by Havoc Pennington; New Riders Publishing   An

advanced look into the heart of GTK+ programming, focusing on sample code and a thorough look

at the available APIs.