Hour 17. Configuring the X Window System
The X Window System (X, or X11) provides a graphical user interface for FreeBSD. X works along with a program called a window manager, which determines how the windows look, how the mouse buttons behave, what menus are available, how the interface is configured, and so on. Window managers range from very simple managers that provide basic windowing functionality to very complex ones that can either emulate the look and feel of Microsoft Windows or Macintosh or create a completely custom look and feel. Figures 17.1 and 17.2 show two of the available Window managers for FreeBSD.
Figure 17.1. The twm window manager is one of the oldest window managers for X. It provides basic windowing functionality.
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