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16.6 Further Startup Topics

16.6 Further Startup Topics

Because this book deals only with the underlying Linux system, this chapter does not cover windowing environment startup files. This is a large issue indeed, because the display manager that logs you in to a modern Linux system has its own set of startup files, such as .xsession, .xinitrc, and the endless mess of GNOME-and KDE-related items.

The windowing choices may seem bewildering, and this isn't far from the truth, because there isn't even one single common way to start a windowing environment in Unix. However, once you determine what your system does, you may get a little carried away with the files that relate to your graphical environment. This is fine, but don't carry it over to new users. The same tenet of keeping things simple in shell startup files works wonders for GUI startup files too.




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How Linux Works - What Every Super-User Should Know
Chapter 1: The Basics
Chapter 2: Devices, Disks, Filesystems, and the Kernel
Chapter 3: How Linux Boots
Chapter 4: Essential System Files, Servers, and Utilities
Chapter 5: Configuring Your Network
Chapter 6: Network Services
Chapter 7: Introduction to Shell Scripts
Chapter 8: Development Tools
Chapter 9: Compiling Software From Source Code
Chapter 10: Maintaining the Kernel
Chapter 11: Configuring and Manipulating Peripheral Devices
Chapter 12: Printing
Chapter 13: Backups
Chapter 14: Sharing Files with Samba
Chapter 15: Network File Transfer
Chapter 16: User Environments
16.1 Appropriate Startup Files
16.2 Shell Startup File Elements
16.3 Startup File Order and Examples
16.4 Default User Settings
16.5 Startup File Pitfalls
16.6 Further Startup Topics
Chapter 17: Buying Hardware for Linux
Chapter 18: Further Directions
Appendix A: Command Classification
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