Chapter 6

Configuring the X Window System, Localization, and Printing

THE FOLLOWING EXAM OBJECTIVES ARE COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:

  • 106.1 Install and configure X11
  • 106.2 Set up a display manager
  • 106.3 Accessibility
  • 107.3 Localization and internationalization
  • 108.4 Manage printers and printing

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Major modern desktop OSs all provide some form of graphical user interface (GUI) that provides the windows, menus, dialog boxes, flexible fonts, and so on with which you're familiar. In Linux, the main GUI is known as the X Window System (or X for short). X configuration is either very easy or moderately hard. Most distributions today provide auto-detection ...

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