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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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[f45b1953] | 8 | <chapter id="x-wm">
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[0c2d638] | 9 | <?dbhtml filename="wm.html" ?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <title>Window Managers</title>
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| 12 |
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[97ee53d] | 13 | <para>
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| 14 | Window Managers and Desktop Environments are the primary user
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[0c2d638] | 15 | interfaces into the <application>X</application> Window System. A window
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| 16 | manager is a program that controls the appearance of windows and provides
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| 17 | the means by which the user can interact with them. A Desktop Environment
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| 18 | provides a more complete interface to the operating system, and provides a
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[97ee53d] | 19 | range of integrated utilities and applications.
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| 20 | </para>
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[0c2d638] | 21 |
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[97ee53d] | 22 | <para>
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| 23 | There are many Window Managers available. Some of the more well
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[0c2d638] | 24 | known ones include <application>fvwm2</application>, <application>Window
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| 25 | Maker</application>, <application>AfterStep</application>,
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| 26 | <application>Enlightenment</application>,
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| 27 | <application>Sawfish</application>,
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[97ee53d] | 28 | and <application>Blackbox</application>.
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| 29 | </para>
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[0c2d638] | 30 |
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[97ee53d] | 31 | <para>
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| 32 | The Desktop Environments available for Linux are
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[0c2d638] | 33 | <application>GNOME</application>, <application>KDE</application>, and
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[97ee53d] | 34 | <application>XFce</application>.
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| 35 | </para>
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[0c2d638] | 36 |
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[97ee53d] | 37 | <para>
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| 38 | Choosing a Window Manager or Desktop Environment is highly
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[0c2d638] | 39 | subjective. The choice depends on the look and feel of the packages, the
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[e63f77e] | 40 | resources (RAM, disk space) required, and the utilities included. One web
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| 41 | site that provides a very good summary of what is available, screenshots,
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[97ee53d] | 42 | and their respective features is
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[c9b892a] | 43 | <ulink url="https://xteddy.org/xwinman/index.html">
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[97ee53d] | 44 | Window Managers for X
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| 45 | </ulink>.
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| 46 | </para>
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[0c2d638] | 47 |
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[97ee53d] | 48 | <para>
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| 49 | In this chapter, the installation instructions of several Window
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[0c2d638] | 50 | Managers and one lightweight Desktop Environment are presented. Later in
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| 51 | the book, both <application>KDE</application> and
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[97ee53d] | 52 | <application>GNOME</application> have their own sections.
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| 53 | </para>
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[0c2d638] | 54 |
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[6ed5123] | 56 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="icewm.xml"/>
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[ebf1fa3f] | 57 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="openbox.xml"/>
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[39edc5a2] | 58 | <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="sawfish.xml"/>-->
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[982db1d] | 59 | <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="other-wms.xml"/>-->
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[2a1e2f33] | 60 |
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[f45b1953] | 61 | </chapter>
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