window managers

The author gives here eight reasons for trying alternative window managers for Linux and other unix-like operating systems.

This post describes how to install and use xmonad, its keyboard shortcuts, basic terminology involved with tiling window managers.

And a little bit info on other available tiling window managers.

Tech Source From Bohol: "One of the best ways to speed up your Linux desktop is to utilize an ultra-lightweight window manager.

To all speed-conscious techies, minimalist lovers, and to those who are still hoping to revive their ageing computer hardware, let me introduce you to the 20 most nimble and simple X window managers for Linux."

One of the best ways to speed up your Linux desktop is to utilize an ultra-lightweight window manager. To all speed-conscious techies, minimalist lovers, and to those who are still hoping to revive their ageing computer hardware, let me introduce you to the 20 most nimble and simple X window managers for Linux.

As promised, today we’ll take a look at the various interesting window managers for the X Window System which aren’t (necessarily) a part of a certain desktop environment (that means Enlightenment DR 17 doesn’t count here people, sorry, please take a look at the desktop environment guide).

Seeing that Arch by default didn't have Xorg or Xfree86 I thought I might as well try and stick with the console.However, soon enough I got an X running and for a change I now use Window Managers exclusively.

No KDE, no Gnome, no XFCE. I have openbox, awesome, xmonad and wmii installed.

If you’re in a dilemma, just use this post which quickly describes some of the most popular (though not all) desktop environments and window managers.

The desktop environments and WMs listed here can easily be downloaded from your distribution’s respective package management system.

Irssi is a popular IRC client. Its a very popular client for small window managers like fluxbox. This short howto will walk you though the steps for setting up a jail that only has a few commands in it and will help create a much safer IRC enviroment for you.

In broad terms, antiX M7.2 is a community-driven project to combine a Mepis 7.2 base (kernel is 2.6.22-1-mepis-smp) with the vast Debian package repositories and the Fluxbox and IceWM window managers.

David M. Williams at iTWire looks at desktop environments, covering what they are and some of the differences between GNOME and KDE.

Desktop environments are sometimes a bit of a puzzle for new Linux users; this article should help explain them.

"This perhaps may explain why when we talk about KDE and GNOME it’s not immediately apparent just what’s going on.

Anyone who comes from a Microsoft Windows or MacOS world has been brought up with the concept that your operating system has just one look.