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| 8 | <chapter id="x-wm">
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="wm.html" ?>
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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 | <title>Introduction</title>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <para>Window Mangers and Desktop Environments are the primary user
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| 16 | interfaces into the <application>X</application> Window System. A window manager is a program
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| 17 | that controls the appearance of windows and provides the means by which
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| 18 | the user can interact with them. A Desktop Environment provides a more
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| 19 | complete interface to the operating system, and provides a range of
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| 20 | integrated utilities and applications.</para>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <para>There are many Window Mangers available. Some of the more well
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| 23 | known ones include <application>fvwm2</application>, <application>Window
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| 24 | Maker</application>, <application>AfterStep</application>,
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| 25 | <application>Enlightenment</application>,
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| 26 | <application>Sawfish</application>,
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| 27 | and <application>Blackbox</application>.</para>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <para>The Desktop Environments available for Linux are
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| 30 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>,
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| 31 | <application><acronym>KDE</acronym></application>, and
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| 32 | <application>XFce</application>.</para>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <para>Choosing a Window Manager or Desktop Environment is highly
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| 35 | subjective. The choice depends on the look and feel of the packages, the
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| 36 | resources (<acronym>RAM</acronym>, disk space) required, and the utilities included. One web
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| 37 | site that provides a very good summary of what is available, screenshots,
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| 38 | and their respective features is <ulink url="http://www.plig.org/xwinman/">Window Managers for X</ulink>.</para>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <para>In this chapter, the installation instructions of
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| 41 | several Window Managers and one lightweight Desktop Environment are
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| 42 | presented. Later in the book, both <application><acronym>KDE</acronym></application> and
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| 43 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> have their own
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| 44 | sections.</para>
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| 45 | </sect1>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="sawfish.xml"/>
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| 48 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="fluxbox.xml"/>
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| 49 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="metacity.xml"/>
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| 50 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="xfce.xml"/>
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| 51 |
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| 52 | </chapter>
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