[f45b1953] | 1 | <chapter id="x-wm">
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| 2 | <?dbhtml filename="wm.html" dir="x"?>
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| 3 | <title>Window Managers</title>
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| 4 |
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| 5 | <para>Window Mangers and Desktop Environments are the primary user
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[2bdf04b] | 6 | interfaces into the <application>X</application> Window System. A window manager is a program
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[f45b1953] | 7 | that controls the appearance of windows and provides the means by which
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| 8 | the user can interact with them. A Desktop Environment provides a more
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| 9 | complete interface to the operating system, and provides a range of
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| 10 | integrated utilities and applications.</para>
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| 11 |
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| 12 | <para>There are many Window Mangers available. Some of the more well
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[ab8a3cb] | 13 | known ones include <application>fvwm2</application>, <application>Window
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| 14 | Maker</application>, <application>AfterStep</application>,
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| 15 | <application>Enlightenment</application>,
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| 16 | <application>Sawfish</application>,
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| 17 | and <application>Blackbox</application>.</para>
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[f45b1953] | 18 |
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[ab8a3cb] | 19 | <para>The Desktop Environments available for Linux are
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[b9ad2f9a] | 20 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>,
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| 21 | <application><acronym>KDE</acronym></application>, and
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[ab8a3cb] | 22 | <application>XFce</application>.</para>
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[f45b1953] | 23 |
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| 24 | <para>Choosing a Window Manager or Desktop Environment is highly
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| 25 | subjective. The choice depends on the look and feel of the packages, the
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[ab8a3cb] | 26 | resources (<acronym>RAM</acronym>, disk space) required, and the utilities included. One web
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[f45b1953] | 27 | site that provides a very good summary of what is available, screenshots,
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[f91ee5c5] | 28 | and their respective features is <ulink url="http://www.plig.org/xwinman/">Window Managers for X</ulink>.</para>
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[f45b1953] | 29 |
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| 30 | <para>In this chapter, the installation instructions of
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[ab8a3cb] | 31 | several Window Managers and one lightweight Desktop Environment are
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[b9ad2f9a] | 32 | presented. Later in the book, both <application><acronym>KDE</acronym></application> and
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| 33 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> have their own Parts.</para>
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| 34 |
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[f45b1953] | 35 |
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| 36 | &sawfish;
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| 37 | &fluxbox;
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[587ebea] | 38 | &metacity;
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[ab8a3cb] | 39 | &xfce;
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[2a1e2f33] | 40 |
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[f45b1953] | 41 | </chapter>
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