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====== Window manager ====== | ====== Window manager ====== | ||
- | For those who need and/or want a much lighter way of handling the graphical user interface than what a desktop environment can provide, a window manager might be the solution. A window manager basically handles the drawing and the placement of the windows | + | For those who need and/or want a much lighter way of handling the graphical user interface than what a [[slackware: |
As such, a window manager will not handle tasks like a browsing files, changing the wallpaper, managing tasks... All of the the preceding will have to be added by the user to customize his desktop experience. | As such, a window manager will not handle tasks like a browsing files, changing the wallpaper, managing tasks... All of the the preceding will have to be added by the user to customize his desktop experience. | ||
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===== Available window managers ===== | ===== Available window managers ===== | ||
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