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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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[1ab0046] | 13 | <sect1 id="wm-introduction">
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| 14 | <?dbhtml filename="introduction.html" ?>
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[0c2d638] | 15 |
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| 16 | <sect1info>
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| 17 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 18 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 19 | </sect1info>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <title>Introduction</title>
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| 22 |
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[a6a2240] | 23 | <para>Window Managers and Desktop Environments are the primary user
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[0c2d638] | 24 | interfaces into the <application>X</application> Window System. A window
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| 25 | manager is a program that controls the appearance of windows and provides
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| 26 | the means by which the user can interact with them. A Desktop Environment
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| 27 | provides a more complete interface to the operating system, and provides a
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| 28 | range of integrated utilities and applications.</para>
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| 29 |
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[a6a2240] | 30 | <para>There are many Window Managers available. Some of the more well
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[0c2d638] | 31 | known ones include <application>fvwm2</application>, <application>Window
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| 32 | Maker</application>, <application>AfterStep</application>,
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| 33 | <application>Enlightenment</application>,
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| 34 | <application>Sawfish</application>,
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| 35 | and <application>Blackbox</application>.</para>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <para>The Desktop Environments available for Linux are
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| 38 | <application>GNOME</application>, <application>KDE</application>, and
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| 39 | <application>XFce</application>.</para>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <para>Choosing a Window Manager or Desktop Environment is highly
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| 42 | subjective. The choice depends on the look and feel of the packages, the
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[e63f77e] | 43 | resources (RAM, disk space) required, and the utilities included. One web
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| 44 | site that provides a very good summary of what is available, screenshots,
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| 45 | and their respective features is <ulink url="http://xwinman.org/">Window
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| 46 | Managers for X</ulink>.</para>
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[0c2d638] | 47 |
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| 48 | <para>In this chapter, the installation instructions of several Window
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| 49 | Managers and one lightweight Desktop Environment are presented. Later in
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| 50 | the book, both <application>KDE</application> and
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| 51 | <application>GNOME</application> have their own sections.</para>
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| 52 |
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| 53 | </sect1>
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| 54 |
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[ebf1fa3f] | 57 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="openbox.xml"/>
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| 58 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="sawfish.xml"/>
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[e05cd03f] | 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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