Thanks for setting me straight on this... In this case, when I setup up Metro-X or
Xfree86 which window manager comes up by default...? I never chose a window manager
when I had Metro-X running...
Mike
Michael Hatzakis, Jr MD
Resident Physiatrist - R3
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, 19026
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From: Greg Fall [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 1:45 PM
To: Red Hat List Serv (E-mail)
Subject: Re: X Quick Poll
On Tue, 26 May 1998, Michael Hatzakis, Jr MD wrote:
> Hope you guys don't mind, but I am about to set up my X manager and
> wonder which ones you guys like best. Not overwhelmed by Metro-X and
> having done a bit of reading, I am considering XFree, but also
> considering olvwm, fvwm as well. Which are easy to install and which
> are more widely supported ?
A common new-guy mistake; you've confused X servers with window managers.
An X server (under Red Hat you have XFree86 and MetroX from which to
choose, and a handful of other--more expensive--ones are available and
necessary for certain graphics cards that are not supported by XFree86 and
MetroX) is the program that handles the lowest-level X commands, like
'make a window'. A window manager (olvwm, twm, fvwm, fvwm2, afterstep,
enlightenment, ...) is a program that gives users the ability to interact
with and manipulate these windows. Of course you need both an X server
and a window manager if you expect to get anything done under X.
afterstep and fvwm2 (and I guess the personally-hated fvwm95) are pretty
popular window managers. Space-fantasy types seem to dig enlightenment.
The other ones, I don't know.
See the following websites for more information:
http://www.PLiG.org/xwinman/
http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~gmfall/fvwm2-ade (personal plug)
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