windowmaker.org)??”Window Maker is a clone of the NEXTSTEP
graphical interface, a popular UNIX workstation of the 1980s and 1990s. It is a particularly
attractive window manager, with support for themes, various window decorations, and
features for changing backgrounds and animations, and adding applets (called docapps).
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FVWM (www.fvwm.org)??”This window manager supports full internationalization,
window manager hints, and improved font features. Interesting features include window
shading in all directions (even diagonal) and side titles (including text displayed vertically).
FVWM-95 (http://fvwm95.sourceforge.net)??”A version of FVWM that was
created to look and feel like Windows 95.
Twm (Tabbed Window Manager)??”Although no longer actively maintained, some
people still use twm when they want a truly bare-bones desktop. Until you click the left
mouse button in twm, there??™s nothing on the screen. Use the menu that pops up to open
and close windows.
Many other window managers are available for Linux as well. To check out some more, visit the
Xwinman Web site (www.plig.org/xwinman).
Once the system default is set for your window manager, users can set their own window manager
to override that decision. The following section describes how to do that.
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