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| Overview |
Goals:
- Understand the X Server System
- Explore the different Desktop Environments
- Compare differences between KDE and Gnome
- Learn how to switch Desktops
- Try out some different desktop applications
- Understand parts of the X stack
Linux Kernel
X Server
Xlib
Toolkits (GTK, QT, Tcl/TK, Motif, OpenGL)
Graphical Applications
Files/directories covered:
- /etc/X11/xorg.conf
- /etc/sysconfig/desktop
DESKTOP="KDE" (or GNOME)
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Commands:
- konqueror
- nautilus
- kcontrol vs. various gnome config applets
- xhost
- xmodmap
- xev
- xinit
- ssh -X
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| Questions |
- Where did GUI's first get started?
- What is the history of X11 (Xwindows)?
- Why did linux switch from XFree86 to X.org?
- What does the Xserver do? What does the kernel do for X11(Xwindows)?
- What does Xlib do? And the graphics toolkits?
- What do desktop environments like Gnome and KDE do?
- What does a window manager (like metacity for gnome) do?
- Redhat came up with a theme called "bluecurve", why do some consider it confusing?
- How do you switch between KDE and Gnome?
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| Activites |
- Find the xorg.conf file and look through it, figure out what sections
control the mouse, video card, monitor type, and video driver
- Try out xev to see what raw Xserver output looks like
- switch from the default Gnome to KDE
(Make sure you have KDE installed first!)
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