Synopsis
ARE YOU
- A system manager who needs to understand X architecture tools and techniques?
- An IT director or manager deciding whether your organization should go the X route?
- A programmer who wants an overview of X before exploring the system in detail?
- Involved in technical support and looking for an understanding of how X works?
- Confused by the GUI wars between OPEN LOOK and Motif?
- Involved in sales or marketing and need to understand your customers?
THEN THE JOY OF X IS FOR YOU
It provides an introduction to the X Window System, the de facto standard windowing system for workstations, minicomputers, mainframes and supercomputers running UNIX, MS and other operating systems. THE JOY OF X pulls together material from a wide range of sources to provide a complete picture of the system so that you can understand the important features and issues.
FEATURES INCLUDE: - Topic coverage divided into three sections:
X in a nutshell - a quick managers' overview How X works, in detail, and how the user sees it Using the system, system administration, performance and programming - Written in a clear, uncomplicated style, and containing over 200 illustrations for maximum accessibility
- A flexibile, modular structure that makes it easy to skip to the sections that interest you and avoid technical details that don't
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Review
"I find this book extraordinary. It's one of the first books on
X which addresses questions of information systems policy with
respect to the X Window System...It will advance the case of X
and open systems by making the interesting issues more
accessible..."
Oliver Jones
"THE X WINDOW SYSTEM: A USER'S GUIDE shines like a beacon. It
caters for the intelligent non-programmer, the person who can do
more than just click buttons and menus but doesn't want to dive
into code..."
Jon Vogler, SUN UK User
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