Chapter 6 X Windows System and Window Managers.pptVIP

X Windows System and Window Managers Chengfu Sun Contents What is X Window? Setting up your XFree86 System Using the X Desktop Manager The GNOME Desktop Environment The KDE Desktop Environment What is X Window? Introduction The X Window system is a networking windowing system. The proper terms of X Window system’s reference are X, X11, X Version 11, or the X Window system, version 11. X was first developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the early 1980s . The X Window system used with most Linux distributions Setting up your XFree86 System Install XFree86 If you installed an