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'''== Tentative Topic Outline ==''' <br />
Overview of X
- Emphasize the layered approach (Section 1.5 in book)
Display and User Interface Hardware and Technology
- Displays, graphics cards, USB devices
Starting and Using the X Server
- using VTs
- startx
- display managers
- xdmcp
- manually starting the X server
Standard X Programs and Utilities
- Chapter 6 in book
- Useful for analyzing and debugging
Installing and Configuring the X Window Server
- Auto-configuration
- No config file
- Self-generated config file
- Configuration tools (e.g., system-config-display in Fedora)
- Using the x.org configuration file
Fonts, Colours, and Keyboards
Integrated X Desktop Environments
- KDE
- GNOME
- XFCE
- Others
X and Wide Area Networking
- The three challenges (13.7 in book)
- Privacy
- Access control
- Network performance (bandwidth and latency)
- Xauth
- ssh
X and VNC
Building a Kiosk
- This is a useful topic because it lets the students split the
different layers apart and recombine them as they see fit.
