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Week 2
Chapter 2 Review Questions
1. The historical beginnings of the X Window System originated with .a. Project Athena.
2. Why might a person choose to purchase a commercial X server instead of using XFree86, which comes free with each copy of Linux? If they liked the functions, speed, ease of use, or the look of a commercial product.
3. Describe the function of an X server within the X Window System. It communicates with the video care, keyboard, and mouse to create a graphical environment. It also interacts with applications to control the screen display.
4. An .b. X client is another name for any graphical application running in the X Windows System.
5. Name four windows managers that can be used with the X Window System on Linux. The book mentions twm, fvwm, mwn, and olwm.
6. A window manager is best described as .a. a special purpose X client that provides core graphical functionality for other X clients.
7. Name the two graphical libraries used by the two major desktop environments of Linux. The Qt and the GTK+ libraries.
8. A graphical library is best described as .b. a collection of functions that any graphical program can use to create a common look and feel. (I was unhappy with ALL the choices in the book. GTK+ libraries are described here: http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/unstable/gtk.html)
9. Choosing not to run X .b. can cause configuration problems on server-based systems. (this is another question I was unhappy with all the answer choices—you can choose to use only a text interface and start X when needed. And you have to use X to set up your video card.)
10. The .b. startx command is normally used to start the X Window system if you are not using a graphical login.
11. To minimize an active window in a GNOME desktop using default settings you could either .a. press Alt+F9 or select minimize from the window control menu.
12. Describe the purpose of clicking and dragging to highlight text in one graphical window and selecting another window and clicking both mouse buttons at the same time. This procedure is to copy and paste in X even if the application does not have the capability.
13. The Workspace Switcher in GNOME lets you .d. move between four desktop backgrounds, each of which can have different windows on it.
14. To enable the feature that saves your desktop setup each time you log out of GNOME, you would explore which item on the Preferences menu? .c. Sessions.
15. Describe the default action of the Alt+Tab and the Alt+F1 key combinations in GNOME. Alt+Tab rotates focus between open windows and Alt+F1 displays the main menu.
16. The Desktop Switcher utility lets you .a. switch your desktop between GNOME and KDE.
17. Selecting a desktop theme lets you control .a. the look and feel of most aspects of your desktop interface.
18. Define an emblem as used in the Nautilus file manager. Emblems are little graphic symbols you can add to a folder as part of your file manager.
19. When you select a text editor in the Preferred Application window of GNOME .c. you select the text editor that GNOME or Nautilus starts whenever you want to view a text file.
20. OpenOffice.org consists of the following .d. a word processor, a spreadsheet, a drawing program, presentation software, and database tools. (Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw and Base)
21. For which platform is OpenOffice.org available? As of 2009 Open Office supports Mac, Windows, and UINX/Linux.
22. Evolution is .a. a program that includes e-mail, calendar, task list, and contact management features similar to Microsoft Outlook.
23. When setting up a POP e-mail account, Evolution and Mozilla differ in that .c. one lets you enter passwords as part of the setup procedure, the other does not, but prompts you for passwords as needed.
24. List four features that Evolution provides via its Summary window or the standard icons on the left side of the Summary window. Summary, Inbox, Calendar, Tasks, and Contacts.
25. Within Nautilus file manager, the side pane is used to .b . display basic information about an object that has been selected in the left part of the window, including, for example, a thumbnail image of a graphic file, if so configured in the Preview tab of the File Management Preferences window.