Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 00:16:29 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Moving chapters around in the Handbook Message-ID: <20010720001629.A72421@clan.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <20010716185834.D77647@meow.osd.bsdi.com>; from murray@FreeBSD.org on Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 06:58:34PM -0700 References: <20010716185834.D77647@meow.osd.bsdi.com>
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On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 06:58:34PM -0700, Murray Stokely wrote:
> I would like to move "Chapter 6. The FreeBSD Booting Process" out of
> "Part II System Administration" and into "Part IV Advanced Topics".
Having just re-read that chapter, I'm left wondering whether, perhaps,
it would be better as a section in the "Installing FreeBSD" chapter, or
as part of whatever replaces it.
> I would also like to move "Chapter 13. The X Window System" from "Part
> II System Administration" to the end of "Part I Getting Started".
>
> I think that making a user read 13 chapters before learning how to
> start KDE is going to scare people off.
>
> Objections? Better ideas?
Makes sense to me. In the process I'd gut much of the copy in the first
few sections of this chapter that covers the same ground as the XFree86
documentation. Installation should be covered by
XFree86 is available as a port and as a package, making it easy to
install. You can also download the binaries directly from the XFree86
organisation and install them by hand, following the instructions
provided by the XFree86 group.
Your only decision is which version of XFree86 to run. XFree86
3.mumble is the maintenance branch of XFree86 development. It's
very stable, and it supports a huge number of graphics cards.
However, no new development is happening there. XFree86 4.mumble is
a redesign of XFree86. As well as introducing many new features
(including much better support for fonts and anti-aliasing), XFree86
4.x supports slightly fewer graphics cards.
If your card is supported we recommend you run 4.x. If it is not
then run 3.x.
The rest of this chapter will explain how to configure XFree86, and
suggest various programs for X that you might want to try.
and then segue in to 13.5-13.x (possibly reordering them -- IMHO the
sequence in the Handbook should be "Install X", "Configure X", "An
Introduction to Window Managers, and .xinitrc", "Installing A Desktop
Environment", "X and Fonts", "Booting to X" (the XDM section).
N
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