| 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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| 6 | interfaces into the X Windows System. A window manager is a program
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| 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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| 13 | known ones include fvwm2, Window Maker, AfterStep, Enlightenment, Sawfish,
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| 14 | and Blackbox.</para>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <para>The Desktop Environments available for Linux are GNOME, KDE, and
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| 17 | XFce.</para>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <para>Choosing a Window Manager or Desktop Environment is highly
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| 20 | subjective. The choice depends on the look and feel of the packages, the
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| 21 | resources (RAM, disk space) required, and the utilities included. One web
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| 22 | site that provides a very good summary of what is available, screenshots,
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| 23 | and their respective features is <ulink
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| 24 | url="http://www.plig.org/xwinman/">Window Managers for X</ulink>.</para>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <para>In this chapter, the installation instructions of
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| 27 | several Window Managers are presented. Later in the book, both KDE and
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| 28 | Gnome have their own Parts.</para>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | &sawfish;
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| 31 | &enlightenment;
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| 32 | &fluxbox;
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| 33 |
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| 34 | </chapter>
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