Re: X 11 vs. window manager (was: Re: Make xconfig)

[Alan Tam <alantam@usa.net>]

Hi Frank;

        Thanks a lot for your precious info. I have installed X and get it
running now
(in XF86-svga server). My next step is to do the ' make xconfig ' and have a try

on kernel compile.

        I have visited the site Window Managers for X at
http://www.PLiG.org/xwinman/
and learned the difference of X windows system and window manager, I will have
a try on fvwm95.

        Thank you.

        Alan Tam


Frank Smith wrote:

>    I haven't been on this list long enough to know if this has strayed too
> far
> off-topic (since it isn't debian-specific) to include the cc: to the list,
> but
> I'm sure I'll hear about it if that's the case ;-)
>    X windows (or X or X11 or X11R6, all names for the same thing) is the
> displayserver that creates windows on a graphical screen. You can run it by
> itself,but normally don't since there is no easy way to control the windows
> you create.
>    A window manager is usually started after X, it puts frames and titles on
> the windows, allows you to easily move or resize them, and gives pop-up
> menus
> for various functions.  The window manager is what gives the "look and feel"
> to the display. Common window managers are mwm (Motif) and fvwm2. There is
> also
> an fvwm95 that gives the look of Microsoft Windows 95, and several others
> such
> as fvwm (the predecessor to fvwm2), olwm (with the old Sun OpenLook look),
> and
> cde/kde.
>    I believe the X HOWTO goes into most of these in pretty good detail and
> may help you decide which ones you might want to try out.
>
> Frank
>
> --On Monday, December 07, 1998, 12:15 AM +1200 Alan Tam <alantam@usa.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >         Thanks for your quick answer. I've never installed X windows. For
> > now, I am going to install one.
> >
> >         What is the difference between window manager and X windows. Do I
> > have to install X windows and then window manager or window manager means
> > X windows ?
> >