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| 8 | <chapter id="x-wm">
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| 10 | <title>Window Managers</title>
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| 11 |
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| 12 | <sect1 id="Introduction">
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| 13 | <sect1info>
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| 16 | </sect1info>
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| 17 | <title>Introduction</title>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <para>Window Mangers and Desktop Environments are the primary user
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| 20 | interfaces into the <application>X</application> Window System. A window
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| 21 | manager is a program that controls the appearance of windows and provides the
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| 22 | means by which the user can interact with them. A Desktop Environment
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| 23 | provides a more complete interface to the operating system, and provides a
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| 24 | range of integrated utilities and applications.</para>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <para>There are many Window Mangers available. Some of the more well
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| 27 | known ones include <application>fvwm2</application>, <application>Window
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| 28 | Maker</application>, <application>AfterStep</application>,
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| 29 | <application>Enlightenment</application>,
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| 30 | <application>Sawfish</application>,
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| 31 | and <application>Blackbox</application>.</para>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>The Desktop Environments available for Linux are
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| 34 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>,
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| 35 | <application><acronym>KDE</acronym></application>, and
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| 36 | <application>XFce</application>.</para>
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <para>Choosing a Window Manager or Desktop Environment is highly subjective.
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| 39 | The choice depends on the look and feel of the packages, the resources
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| 40 | (<acronym>RAM</acronym>, disk space) required, and the utilities included.
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| 41 | One web site that provides a very good summary of what is available,
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| 42 | screenshots, and their respective features is
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| 43 | <ulink url="http://www.plig.org/xwinman/">Window Managers for X</ulink>.</para>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <para>In this chapter, the installation instructions of several Window
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| 46 | Managers and one lightweight Desktop Environment are presented. Later in the
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| 47 | book, both <application><acronym>KDE</acronym></application> and
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| 48 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> have their own
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| 49 | sections.</para>
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| 50 | </sect1>
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| 51 |
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| 52 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="sawfish.xml"/>
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| 53 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="fluxbox.xml"/>
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| 54 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="metacity.xml"/>
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| 55 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="xfce.xml"/>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | </chapter>
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