Differences between revisions 23 and 27 (spanning 4 versions)
Revision 23 as of 2008-06-05 05:39:41
Size: 2996
Editor: FranklinPiat
Comment: fix translation links
Revision 27 as of 2009-12-27 18:21:10
Size: 3159
Comment: Fixed link for Sawfish, added link for IceWm
Deletions are marked like this. Additions are marked like this.
Line 3: Line 3:
'''Translation(s):''' [:fr/WindowManager:Français] '''Translation(s):''' [[fr/WindowManager|Français]]
Line 5: Line 5:
In the [:XWindowSystem:X Window System], the X Server itself does not give the user the capability of managing windows that have been opened. Instead, this job is delegated to a program called a ''window manager''. In the [[XWindowSystem|X Window System]], the X Server itself does not give the user the capability of managing windows that have been opened. Instead, this job is delegated to a program called a ''window manager''.
Line 11: Line 11:
Common Linux window managers are: Available Linux window managers are:
Line 15: Line 15:
 * Sawfish [http://sawmill.sourceforge.net/]  * Sawfish [[http://sawfish.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page]]
Line 17: Line 17:
 * Windowmaker [http://www.windowmaker.org/]  * Windowmaker [[http://www.windowmaker.org/]]
Line 19: Line 19:
 * Metacity [http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/metacity] (for DebianGnome ).  * Metacity [[http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/metacity]] (for DebianGnome ).
Line 21: Line 21:
 * Blackbox [http://blackboxwm.sourceforge.net/]  * Blackbox [[http://blackboxwm.sourceforge.net/]]
Line 23: Line 23:
 * Fluxbox [http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/]  * Fluxbox [[http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/]]
Line 25: Line 25:
 * IceWM (A popular window manager written in C++)  * IceWM [[http://www.icewm.org/]]
Line 29: Line 29:
 * Openbox [http://www.icculus.org/openbox/]  * Openbox [[http://www.icculus.org/openbox/]]
Line 31: Line 31:
 * Enlightenment [http://www.enlightenment.org/]  * Enlightenment [[http://www.enlightenment.org/]]
Line 33: Line 33:
 * XFCE [http://www.xfce.org/]  * XFCE [[http://www.xfce.org/]]
Line 39: Line 39:
 * Fvwm [http://www.fvwm.org/] (an old but useful window manager - still in constant development!)  * Fvwm [[http://www.fvwm.org/]] (an old but useful window manager - still in constant development!)

 * OpenLook

 * [[Wmii|wmii]] [[http://wmii.suckless.org/]]

 * awesome [[http://awesome.naquadah.org/]]

 * xmonad [[http://xmonad.org/]]
Line 49: Line 57:
Window Managers must not be confused with ["Desktop environment"]s such as GNOME, KDE, XFce. These three environments use a window manager as a __single__ part of a much larger system. And to make things much more complicated, GNOME doesn't force you to use any one window manager. They have a list of "supported" window managers that you can choose from. Window Managers must not be confused with [[Desktop_environment]]s such as GNOME, KDE, XFce. These three environments use a window manager as a __single__ part of a much larger system. And to make things much more complicated, GNOME doesn't force you to use any one window manager. They have a list of "supported" window managers that you can choose from.
Line 55: Line 63:
 * [:display manager:Display manager]s: (gdm, kdm, xdm ..).
 * [wiki:WikiPedia:GUI GUI]
 * [[display_manager|Display manager]]s: (gdm, kdm, xdm ..).
 * [[WikiPedia:GUI|GUI]]
Line 60: Line 68:
 * [http://markhobley.yi.org:8000/xwincompare Comparison of X Window Managers at the Mark Hobley's Open Source Laboratory]  * [[http://markhobley.yi.org:8000/xwincompare|Comparison of X Window Managers at the Mark Hobley's Open Source Laboratory]]
Line 62: Line 70:
CategoryDesktopEnvironment | ["CategoryXWindowSystem"] CategoryDesktopEnvironment | [[CategoryXWindowSystem]]

Translation(s): Français

In the X Window System, the X Server itself does not give the user the capability of managing windows that have been opened. Instead, this job is delegated to a program called a window manager.

The window manager gives windows a border and allows you to move them around and maximize/minimize them. The user interface for these functions is left up to its author.

This proves to be quite confusing for the new user of a X windowing environment because most other environments simply use one window manager and give the user no choice. In this sense, X is much more versatile and allows more tailoring of the environment to whatever the user wants. It allows the creation of an xterminal, a diskless workstation which runs only an X server (out of ROM) and leaves all user interface implementation to a central compute server.

Available Linux window managers are:

see x-window-manager packages descriptions

If you use startx rather than a login manager, you'll probably want to choose a default Window Manager. To change the default window manager use

  update-alternatives --config x-window-manager

( See update-alternatives manpage).

Window Managers must not be confused with ?Desktop_environments such as GNOME, KDE, XFce. These three environments use a window manager as a single part of a much larger system. And to make things much more complicated, GNOME doesn't force you to use any one window manager. They have a list of "supported" window managers that you can choose from.

Afterstep should be mentioned - (and fvwm is actually fvwm2 whereas fvwm1 already had/has lots of "functionality" and lives on a smaller foot-print)

See also



CategoryDesktopEnvironment | CategoryXWindowSystem