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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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]>
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<chapter id="x-wm">
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<?dbhtml filename="wm.html" ?>
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<title>Window Managers</title>
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<sect1 id="Introduction">
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<sect1info>
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<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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<date>$Date$</date>
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</sect1info>
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para>Window Mangers and Desktop Environments are the primary user
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interfaces into the <application>X</application> Window System. A window
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manager is a program that controls the appearance of windows and provides the
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means by which the user can interact with them. A Desktop Environment
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provides a more complete interface to the operating system, and provides a
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range of integrated utilities and applications.</para>
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<para>There are many Window Mangers available. Some of the more well
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known ones include <application>fvwm2</application>, <application>Window
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Maker</application>, <application>AfterStep</application>,
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<application>Enlightenment</application>,
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<application>Sawfish</application>,
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and <application>Blackbox</application>.</para>
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<para>The Desktop Environments available for Linux are
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<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>,
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<application><acronym>KDE</acronym></application>, and
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<application>XFce</application>.</para>
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<para>Choosing a Window Manager or Desktop Environment is highly subjective.
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The choice depends on the look and feel of the packages, the resources
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(<acronym>RAM</acronym>, disk space) required, and the utilities included.
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One web site that provides a very good summary of what is available,
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screenshots, and their respective features is
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<ulink url="http://www.plig.org/xwinman/">Window Managers for X</ulink>.</para>
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<para>In this chapter, the installation instructions of several Window
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Managers and one lightweight Desktop Environment are presented. Later in the
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book, both <application><acronym>KDE</acronym></application> and
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<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> have their own
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sections.</para>
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</sect1>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="sawfish.xml"/>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="fluxbox.xml"/>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="metacity.xml"/>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="xfce.xml"/>
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</chapter>
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