glfs/x/installing/installing.xml
Randy McMurchy 6732c09460 Updated all the XML files (and the one stylesheet) to use the 4.5 version of DocBook XML DTD
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
]>
<chapter id="x-window-system" xreflabel="X Window System">
<?dbhtml filename="installing.html" ?>
<!--
$LastChangedBy$
$Date$
-->
<title>X Window System Environment</title>
<para>This chapter contains instructions to build and configure a graphical
user environment. You will need to choose one of the two packages in BLFS
that implements the <application>X Window System</application>:
<application>Xorg</application> X11R7 (<xref linkend="xorg7"/>), or
<application>XFree86</application> (<xref linkend="xfree86"/>). The
functionality of these two packages is quite similar. In fact,
the base system of <application>Xorg</application> was derived from the
<application>XFree86</application>-4.4.0RC2 code (note that the
<application>Xorg</application> build system has changed, but the underlying
core code is the same). Differences in the licensing philosophies was the
original reason for the split.</para>
<para>A second reason for the forking of <application>X</application>
packages is the stated goals of the developers. Some developers were unhappy
with the administration and progress of <application>XFree86</application>.
The X.org Foundation's future plans include significant improvements to the
internals of the system and more frequent releases.</para>
<para><application>Xorg</application>-&xorg7-version; introduces a completely
autotooled build system which means that the packages build and install
using the conventional <command>configure</command>, <command>make</command>
and <command>make install</command> commands, but it now requires installing
more than 100 different packages. Most large commercial distributions have
decided to use the <application>Xorg</application> package, but several still
provide <application>XFree86</application>.</para>
<para><application>XFree86</application> continues to be a solid,
conservative application with excellent driver support.</para>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="xmono-dummy.xml"/>
<!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="xorg.xml"/> -->
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="xfree86.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="xorg7-dummy.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="xorg7.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="x7proto.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="x7util.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="x7lib.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="xbitmaps.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="x7app.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="x7data.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="x7font.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="luit.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="x7server.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="x7driver.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="xconfig-dummy.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="x-setup.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="x-config.xml"/>
</chapter>