Book details of 'X User Tools/Book and Cd-Rom'

Title	X User Tools/Book and Cd-Rom
Author(s)	Linda Mui, Valerie Quercia, Tim O'Reilly
ISBN	1565920198
Language	English
Published	December 1994
Publisher	O'Reilly & Associates

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Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
X is the platform-independent graphical interface. It may be slightly overstating the case to say that it is the UNIX interface of choice, but X is open, available, cheap (free?) and extensible. X programmers will be familiar with the O'Reilly X programming series. Now it is time for a source for the users. The book gives some basic information about how to start, and use, X, but is primarily a collection of software -- utilities, resources, games, applications, and more. The CD-ROM included with the book contains source code plus compiled versions for Sun 3 and 4, Solaris (on Sparc), RS6000, HP/UX (700 series), OSF/1 (Alpha) and DEC stations. There are clocks, calendars, desk references, decorations, mailers, Internet clients, editors, games, xterm extensions, windows managers, graphics and colour utilities, and administration tools. The book uses short sections to describe the various tools and tips. It also uses the "hypertext in print" format to cross-reference items without having to repeat material. You could, of course, get all of this "free", off the net. It is, however, highly unlikely that your time is worth that little. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995
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