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-A WindowManager is a program that, well, manages your windows...
+A WindowManager is a program that, well, manages your windows. Without it, you wouldn't be able to move or resize windows on an [X11] server
. The WindowManager is responsible for the borders around windows, their titlebar, and so on, and is the program that reacts to actions in these areas, allowing you to resize it as well as minimize, maximise, or close windows. Some [WindowManager]s can be run standalone, others are intended to be used as part of a DesktopEnvironment
.
-If you loaded up an X server without a WindowManager, then you wouldn't be able to move or resize windows. The WindowManager creates the border around the window, allowing you to resize it as well as minimize, maximise, or close the window.
-
-Some
[WindowManager
]s can be run standalone as a lightweight X solution. These include:
-* AfterStep
+* [TWM]
+*
[EvilWM
]
+* [FVWM]
* BlackBox
* FluxBox
* OpenBox
* CraigBox
* [Pekwm]
-* [Enlightenment]
-* [EvilWM]
-* [FVWM]
-* WindowMaker
-* [TWM]
* [Ion]
* [PWM]
-
-Others are intended to be used with a DesktopEnvironment:
-* [MetaCity
] (The new
[WM
] used for
[GNOME
])
-* [SawFish] (The old [WM] that
[GNOME] used)
-* KWin (
[WM
] foe
[KDE])
-* XfWM ([WM] for [XFce
])
+* AfterStep
+* WindowMaker
+* [Enlightenment
]
+*
[XFce
]'s Xfwm
+*
[KDE
]'s KWin
+* [SawFish] in
[GNOME] 1.2
+* [MetaCity
] in
[GNOME
]2
