This chapter contains instructions to build and configure a
graphical user environment. Xorg, in addition to clearing up
some licensing issues with XFree86, introduced a completely
auto-tooled build for the X Window system. This means that the
packages build and install using the conventional configure,
make and make install commands, as opposed to a proprietary
build system that required hand editing of configuration
parameters in a C-like syntax. Xorg also brought with it a
modular build system. While this separation into modules
resulted in full control of the features available to the X
server on any given installation, it also made the installation
more tedious as it requires installing more than 100 different
packages to obtain a functional X Window environment. Most large
commercial distributions have elected to use Xorg over the
XFree86 distribution due to both licensing issues and the
increased functionality provided by it over XFree86. With the
modular build system, also came incremental updates to