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  <title>Window Managers</title>

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    <title>Introduction</title>

    <para>Window Managers and Desktop Environments are the primary user
    interfaces into the <application>X</application> Window System. A window
    manager is a program that controls the appearance of windows and provides
    the means by which the user can interact with them. A Desktop Environment
    provides a more complete interface to the operating system, and provides a
    range of integrated utilities and applications.</para>

    <para>There are many Window Managers available. Some of the more well
    known ones include <application>fvwm2</application>, <application>Window
    Maker</application>, <application>AfterStep</application>,
    <application>Enlightenment</application>,
    <application>Sawfish</application>,
    and <application>Blackbox</application>.</para>

    <para>The Desktop Environments available for Linux are
    <application>GNOME</application>, <application>KDE</application>, and
    <application>XFce</application>.</para>

    <para>Choosing a Window Manager or Desktop Environment is highly
    subjective. The choice depends on the look and feel of the packages, the
    resources (RAM, disk space) required, and the utilities included.  One web
    site that provides a very good summary of what is available, screenshots,
    and their respective features is <ulink url="http://xwinman.org/">Window
    Managers for X</ulink>.</para>

    <para>In this chapter, the installation instructions of several Window
    Managers and one lightweight Desktop Environment are presented. Later in
    the book, both <application>KDE</application> and
    <application>GNOME</application> have their own sections.</para>

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