[f45b1953] | 1 | <chapter id="x-wm">
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[19aa75a] | 2 | <?dbhtml filename="wm.html" ?>
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[f45b1953] | 3 | <title>Window Managers</title>
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| 4 |
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[972150e7] | 5 | <sect1 id="Introduction">
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| 6 | <title>Introduction</title>
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| 7 |
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[f45b1953] | 8 | <para>Window Mangers and Desktop Environments are the primary user
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[2bdf04b] | 9 | interfaces into the <application>X</application> Window System. A window manager is a program
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[f45b1953] | 10 | that controls the appearance of windows and provides the means by which
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| 11 | the user can interact with them. A Desktop Environment provides a more
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| 12 | complete interface to the operating system, and provides a range of
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| 13 | integrated utilities and applications.</para>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <para>There are many Window Mangers available. Some of the more well
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[ab8a3cb] | 16 | known ones include <application>fvwm2</application>, <application>Window
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| 17 | Maker</application>, <application>AfterStep</application>,
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| 18 | <application>Enlightenment</application>,
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| 19 | <application>Sawfish</application>,
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| 20 | and <application>Blackbox</application>.</para>
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[f45b1953] | 21 |
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[ab8a3cb] | 22 | <para>The Desktop Environments available for Linux are
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[b9ad2f9a] | 23 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>,
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| 24 | <application><acronym>KDE</acronym></application>, and
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[ab8a3cb] | 25 | <application>XFce</application>.</para>
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[f45b1953] | 26 |
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| 27 | <para>Choosing a Window Manager or Desktop Environment is highly
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| 28 | subjective. The choice depends on the look and feel of the packages, the
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[ab8a3cb] | 29 | resources (<acronym>RAM</acronym>, disk space) required, and the utilities included. One web
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[f45b1953] | 30 | site that provides a very good summary of what is available, screenshots,
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[f91ee5c5] | 31 | and their respective features is <ulink url="http://www.plig.org/xwinman/">Window Managers for X</ulink>.</para>
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[f45b1953] | 32 |
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| 33 | <para>In this chapter, the installation instructions of
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[ab8a3cb] | 34 | several Window Managers and one lightweight Desktop Environment are
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[b9ad2f9a] | 35 | presented. Later in the book, both <application><acronym>KDE</acronym></application> and
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| 36 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> have their own Parts.</para>
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[972150e7] | 37 | </sect1>
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[f45b1953] | 38 |
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| 39 | &sawfish;
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| 40 | &fluxbox;
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[587ebea] | 41 | &metacity;
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[ab8a3cb] | 42 | &xfce;
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[2a1e2f33] | 43 |
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[f45b1953] | 44 | </chapter>
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