Unix for Advanced Users

16. X and Simple X Configuration

• 16.1. Basics
  16.1.1. X is network extensible
  16.1.2. Displaying a window over the network
• 16.2. Is it a client or is it a server?
• 16.3. Getting to X - graphical vs. text logins
  • 16.3.1. Is my .login or .profile being used?
• 16.4. X11 dotfiles - .xinitrc and .xsession
• 16.5. Useful X tips and tricks
  • 16.5.1. How do I swap the CTRL and CAPS_LOCK keys?
• 16.6. The (in)security of the X-window system
  • 16.6.1. Don't use xhost or xauth
  • 16.6.2. Use SSH instead