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| 11 | <title>Window Managers</title>
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| 12 |
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| 18 | <para>
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| 19 | Window Managers 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
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| 22 | the 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.
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| 25 | </para>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <para>
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| 28 | There are many Window Managers available. Some of the more well
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| 29 | known ones include <application>fvwm2</application>, <application>Window
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| 30 | Maker</application>, <application>AfterStep</application>,
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| 31 | <application>Enlightenment</application>,
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| 32 | <application>Sawfish</application>,
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| 33 | and <application>Blackbox</application>.
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| 34 | </para>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <para>
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| 37 | 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>.
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| 40 | </para>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <para>
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| 43 | Choosing a Window Manager or Desktop Environment is highly
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| 44 | subjective. The choice depends on the look and feel of the packages, the
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| 45 | resources (RAM, disk space) required, and the utilities included. One web
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| 46 | site that provides a very good summary of what is available, screenshots,
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| 47 | and their respective features is
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| 48 | <ulink url="http://www.xwinman.org/">
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| 49 | Window Managers for X
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| 50 | </ulink>.
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| 51 | </para>
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| 52 |
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| 53 | <para>
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| 54 | In this chapter, the installation instructions of several Window
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| 55 | Managers and one lightweight Desktop Environment are presented. Later in
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| 56 | the book, both <application>KDE</application> and
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| 57 | <application>GNOME</application> have their own sections.
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| 58 | </para>
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| 59 |
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| 61 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="icewm.xml"/>
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| 62 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="openbox.xml"/>
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| 63 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="sawfish.xml"/>
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| 64 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="other-wms.xml"/>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | </chapter>
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