1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 | ]>
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7 |
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8 | <chapter id="x-window-system" xreflabel="X Window System">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="installing.html" ?>
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10 |
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11 | <title>X Window System Environment</title>
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12 |
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13 | <para>This chapter contains instructions to build and configure a graphical
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14 | user environment. You will need to choose one of the three packages in BLFS
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15 | that implements the <application>X Window System</application>:
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16 | <application>Xorg</application> X11R6 or X11R7 (<xref linkend="xorg"/> or
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17 | <xref linkend="xorg7"/>), or <application>XFree86</application>
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18 | (<xref linkend="xfree86"/>). These packages are all quite similar. In fact,
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19 | the base system of <application>Xorg</application> is
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20 | <application>XFree86</application>-4.4.0RC2. Differences in the licensing
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21 | philosophies was the original reason for the split.</para>
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22 |
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23 | <para>A second reason for the forking of <application>X</application>
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24 | packages is the stated goals of the developers. Some developers were unhappy
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25 | with the administration and progress of <application>XFree86</application>.
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26 | The X.org Foundation's future plans include significant improvements to the
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27 | internals of the system and more frequent releases.</para>
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28 |
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29 | <para><application>Xorg</application>-&xorg7-version; introduces a completely
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30 | autotooled build system, but is otherwise the same codebase as
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31 | <application>Xorg</application>-&xorg-version;. Most large commercial
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32 | distributions have decided to use the <application>Xorg</application>
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33 | package, but several still provide <application>XFree86</application>.</para>
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34 |
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35 | <para><application>XFree86</application> continues to be a solid,
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36 | conservative application with excellent driver support.</para>
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37 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="xmono-dummy.xml"/>
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38 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="xorg.xml"/>
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39 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="xfree86.xml"/>
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40 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="xorg7-dummy.xml"/>
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41 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="xorg7.xml"/>
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42 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="x7proto.xml"/>
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43 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="x7util.xml"/>
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44 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="x7lib.xml"/>
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45 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="xbitmaps.xml"/>
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46 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="x7app.xml"/>
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47 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="x7data.xml"/>
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48 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="x7font.xml"/>
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49 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="luit.xml"/>
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50 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="x7server.xml"/>
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51 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="x7driver.xml"/>
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52 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="xconfig-dummy.xml"/>
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53 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="x-setup.xml"/>
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54 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="x-config.xml"/>
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55 | </chapter>
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