The Joy of X

Book excerpt: ARE YOU A system manager who needs to understand X architecture toolsand techniques? An IT director or manager deciding whether your organizationshould go the X route? A programmer who wants an overview of X before exploring thesystem in detail? Involved in technical support and looking for an understandingof how X works? Confused by the GUI wars between OPEN LOOK and Motif? Involved in sales or marketing and need to understand yourcustomers? THEN THE JOY OF X IS FOR YOU It provides an introduction to the X Window System, the de factostandard windowing system for workstations, minicomputers, mainframes and supercomputers running UNIX, MS and otheroperating systems. THE JOY OF X pulls together material from awide range of sources to provide a complete picture of the systemso that you can understand the important features and issues.FEATURES INCLUDE: Topic coverage divided into three sections: X in a nutshell - a quick managers' overviewHow X works, in detail, and how the user sees itUsing the system, system administration, performance andprogramming Written in a clear, uncomplicated style, and containing over200 illustrations for maximum accessibility A flexibile, modular structure that makes it easy to skip tothe sections that interest you and avoid technical details thatdon't "I find this book extraordinary. It's one of the first books onX which addresses questions of information systems policy withrespect to the X Window System...It will advance the case of Xand open systems by making the interesting issues moreaccessible..."Oliver Jones "THE X WINDOW SYSTEM: A USER'S GUIDEshines like a beacon. Itcaters for the intelligent non-programmer, the person who can domore than just click buttons and menus but doesn't want to diveinto code..."Jon Vogler, SUN UK User 0201565129B04062001