Bill Ball

This book is designed to teach Caldera OpenLinux visually in full color. The CD-ROM packaged with the book includes the Linux operating system, X Window System graphical interface software, 1,200 pages of documentation, 200 help files, and 3,000 programs. Among the application programs, you will find the complete StarOffice suite of programs. Among the programs for programmers, you will find compilers and interpreters for C, C++, FORTRAN, Perl, Java, Lisp, Python, Tci/Tk, BASIC, and Pascal.

The top five tasks taught in this book are: (1) How to Start Linux, (2) How to Start, Check, and Stop Your Internet Connection, (3) How to Configure Netscape Messenger for Email, (4) How to View Graphic Images, and (5) How to Install a Printer.… (mer)

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Acknowledgements
About The Author
Contents At A Glance
Contents
Introduction
Part 1: Introduction To The X Window System
1. X11, Xfree86, And Linux
2. Getting And Installing Xfree86
3. Configuring Xfree86
4. Overview Of Xfree86
5. Choosing A Window Manager
Part 2: Using The X Window System
6. Starting X11
7. First Steps With X11
8. Using X11 Clients
9. X11 On A Network
10. Xfree86 X11 Clients
11. Popular X11 Clients
12. X11 Multimedia Clients
13. Popular X11 Games
Part 3: Managing The X Window System
14. Configuring X11 Input
15. Configuring The X11 Display
16. Window Manager Configuration
Part 4: X11 Programming
17. Building X11
18. Basic X11 Programming
19. X11 Programming Toolkits Overview
20. Using Lesstif And Open Motif
21. Using Qt And Kde
22. Using Gtk
Part 5: Connectivity And Resources
23. X11 And Other Operating Systems
Appendix: Essential X11 Resources
Index… (mer)