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This book puts you in charge of the most flexible and adaptable graphical interface in the computer industry. The X Window System underlies graphical desktops on Linux and Unix systems, and supports advanced features of modern graphics cards. More people use the X Window System than ever before, but there are few books about X in print. X Power Tools fills that hole with the most practical and up-to-date information available. Written in O'Reilly's popular Power Tools format, X Power Tools offers dozens of standalone articles, thoroughly cross-referenced, on useful tools and techniques for using X. This unique inside look at X gives Unix/Linux system administrators, owners of self-administered systems, and power users a lot of useful ways to harness the power of this system effectively. This book: Offers a thorough grounding in X configuration and how the system worksProvides the complete ins and outs of changing a desktop's behavior, such as fonts, keyboard settings, and remote securityIncludes articles on how to take advantage of X's "network transparency" -- its ability to display graphical applications on a remote machineExplores intriguing areas such as using multiple monitors, building kiosks, and accessibilityFeatures discussions on X Window innovations and the future of the systemX Power Tools covers configuration and use of X, focusing on Linux but also including notes on other operating systems such as Solaris and FreeBSD. Each article in the book gives you insight into X; the entire book gives you a real grasp on this system and what you can do with it. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ O'Reilly Media; 1st edition (January 29, 2008)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 269 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0596101953


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 54


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.97 x 0.56 x 9.13 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #445,814 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #51 in Computer Operating Systems (Books) #57 in Software Design & Engineering #73 in Power Tools (Books)


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    • Rare coverage of X windows and VNC
This book has rare coverage of X windows and VNC that is not findable in the internet. When I search for similar material on the internet I usually get outdated material or cryptic explanations. If you are working with or configuring X windows or VNC on servers, this book is worth getting. It covers these topics and the explanations are good. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2010 by Book Reader
    • Great book except for modelines coverage
I have been using X11 with OpenBSD for at least 5 years now. I have become knowledgeable about using KDE, less so about using X by itself. This book filled in quite a few gaps in my knowledge of X, but it did not provide me with the information I need to solve a problem making a new monitor run at its rated maximum resolution. I had been running with a 21" crt at 2048x1546, but the 9-year-old crt was wearing out. So I bought a 19" ACER lcd display with maximum resolution of 1440x900. The new display would not work at all with the default xorg.conf generated by "X -configure". The problem turned out to be the driver, which was specified as "ati". When I changed the driver spec to "vesa", X came up at 1280x1024 and worked well. But I have so far not been able to get the monitor to run in 1440x900. The book does a pretty good job of explaining the xorg.conf file. Modelines are mentioned briefly in the text, but not in the index. There are no formulas given for computing modeline data to be included in the xorg.conf file. No mention is made of the various values (eg ati, vesa) that can be specified for X drivers. There is no list of validated modes in the Xorg.0.log file. So after reading the book I still have not figured out how to make my monitor run in 1440x900. The book describes how to support keyboards for multiple countries, but it was not clear to me after reading it how to display the corresponding characters for (eg French,German,Russian) characters in addition to English. That said, I give the book a 4-star rating. There seems to be no other current, up-to-date book on X. I'm glad I have a copy to study and write notes in. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2008 by David Feustel
    • An Introduction to X
Although a bit superficial technically speaking X Power Tools pieces together a survey of generally useful X11 knowledge in a quick and easy read. Think of this book as a good place to begin an exploration of X. For those who know next to nothing X11 or windowing systems, and have little experience configuring or running Linux the book is a perfect introduction (5 stars). For those who have a lot of experience configuring or running Linux, who certainly have had to interact with X before, much of this material will already be familiar (3 stars). I fall into the latter category and still found the book useful. Here is a list of the "x" commands on my linux box cross referenced with the book's index. Note this isn't necessarily a complete list and the book is more than just a command reference, as it goes into detail explaining configuration file formats and options. Still this list gives an idea of the scope of the book. x11perf NO x11perfcomp NO xargs NO xauth YES xbiff NO xbmtopbm NO xbsh NO xcalc YES xcam NO xclipboard YES xclock YES xcmsdb YES xconsole NO xcursorgen NO xcutsel NO xdfcopy NO xdfformat NO xdg-desktop-icon NO xdg-desktop-menu NO xdg-email NO xdg-icon-resource NO xdg-mime NO xdg-open NO xdg-screensaver NO xdg-user-dir NO xdg-user-dirs-update NO xditview NO xdpyinfo YES xdriinfo NO xdvi NO xdvi.bin NO xdvi-xaw.bin NO xdvizilla NO xedit NO xev NO xeyes NO xfd YES xfontsel YES xfsinfo NO xft-config NO xgamma YES xgettext NO xhost YES ximtoppm NO xinit YES xinput NO xkbbell NO xkbcomp YES xkbevd NO xkbprint YES xkbvleds NO xkbwatch NO xkill YES xload NO xlogo NO xlsatoms NO xlsclients NO xlsfonts NO xmag YES xman NO xmessage NO xmkmf NO xmodmap YES xmore NO xpcshell-1.9 NO xpmtoppm NO xprop NO xqxdecode NO xrandr YES xrdb NO xrefresh YES xscanimage NO x-session-manager NO xset YES xsetmode NO xsetpointer NO xsetroot YES xsm YES xstdcmap NO xsubpp NO xterm YES x-terminal-emulator NO xtrapchar NO xtrapin NO xtrapinfo NO xtrapout NO xtrapproto NO xtrapreset NO xtrapstats NO xulrunner NO xulrunner-1.9 NO xvidtune NO xvinfo NO xvminitoppm NO xwd YES xwdtopnm NO x-window-manager NO xwininfo YES xwud YES x-www-browser NO xxd NO ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2010 by BCL
    • Immensely Well-Written and Readable, slightly outdated
This is very well edited and written and is very readable and approachable. The information Is slightly outdated, but largely still relevant and worth reading. An updated edition would be welcomed.
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2018 by JJ
    • Much Ado About Nothing
According to the author of the book in review:" This book is written for experienced computer users...". Nothing can be further from the truth. In reality this is a very elementary text on X window system that probably would not be worth of buying if not for the excellent Chapter 3 which does a great job in systematically explaining structure of xorg.conf file. It is also the only book written in the past ten years entirely dedicated to X window system. At the beginning of the chapter 6 the author brags about the fact that he will discuss often ignored utility programs which ships with X window system. That is quite an overstatement as after the reading of chapters 6, 7, and 8 one would not be able even to configure mice for a left-handed person. The book in review is just a part of the general trend which can be summarized in the following observation:" As the use of computer technology has seen unprecedented expansion in the past 20-30 years the computer literacy of an average computer user has shrunk to zero". I can just add that above observation seems nowadays apply to so called "power users" too. At the end, I shell mentioned that the book is written by a GNU/Linux user but the author made a genuine attempt to write in a fashion which would make the text useful to Unix users. In an era of great ignorance by a large part of GNU/Linux community about Unix the author's approach should be commended. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2008 by Valentina Rychka

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