Using Window Managers for Linux
As stated earlier, the X Window System doesn't specify a window manager. The look and feel of the X Window System is left up to the user—completely up to the user. Almost every aspect of the behavior of the GUI is in your control. In this spirit, Linux doesnprovide just one window manager for XFree86. Table 6.2 lists some of the various window managers available for Linux.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| twm | Tab Window Manager (sometimes called Tom's Window Manager). It is the ancestor of many other window managers, such as vtwm, ctwm, tvtwm, piewm, fvwm (and its descendants), and was the first ICCCM window manager. (ICCCM is a standard for how programs communicate with each other.) ... |
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