Summary

This chapter covered the new features and basic installation and configuration of the XFree86 X11 distribution for Red Hat Linux. If you're a new user, you found out how to correctly configure and install X with fewer problems; if you're an experienced user, you hopefully discovered some new features that will make your X sessions more productive and enjoyable. The new XFree86 X11 distribution and new architecture of its server, supporting loadable and specific module support for new graphics hardware, provides the promise of even better support for X under Linux in the future. If your graphics card is not currently supported, don't worry—new versions of the distribution will soon follow, and many graphics card manufacturers are now ...

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