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. . . . . . . Window Managers |
Welcome to the Skunkware Window Managers section. The Skunkware team has collected a few window managers which some users may wish to run as a replacement for the SCO Desktop and Motif window managers. Users wil almost certainly want to customize these window managers, and probably create custom .startxrc files. Please consult the startx man page for details on the contents of this file.
These window managers can all use the icons and pixmaps provided in the Skunkware icon collection (see table below).
| Name | Description | Version | OSR5 | UnixWare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| skunkpix | Skunkware icon collection | 1.0 | Yes | Yes |
| AfterStep | AfterStep - a NeXT-ish window manager | 1.0 | Yes | Yes |
| WindowMak | WindowMaker window manager | 0.16,1 | Yes | Yes |
| enlighten | Enlightenment window manager | 0.12.3 | No | Yes |
| fvwm | ICCCM compliant multiple virtual desktop window manager | 2.0.46 | Yes | Yes |
| fvwm95 | Well known product look and feel for fvwm | 2.0.43a | Yes | Yes |
This package contains a collection from various sources, of freely distributable icons and pixmaps for use with the window managers listed in this section. You should install this package before installing any of the window managers. If you are using custom (on OSR5) or pkgadd (on UnixWare), then this package is automatically installed when you install any of these window managers. If you are using the tar archives, then you should extract this archive first.
AfterStep is a new, but very stable window manager for X11. It has its roots in FVWM and Bowman, which was a NeXT window manager clone. AfterStep is highly configurable, very fast and has many handy modules. It also has a panner, in much the same way that PMWM does, and is the author's favorite window manager.
http://www.sco.com/skunkware/uw7/x11/winman/
WindowMaker is a window manager designed to emulate the look and feel of part of the NEXTSTEP(tm) GUI. It's supposed to be fast, relatively small, feature rich and easy to configure, with a simple and elegant appearance borrowed from NEXTSTEP(tm).
http://www.sco.com/skunkware/osr5/x11/winman/
Enlightenment is a window manager for the X Window System Release 11. The main goals are to make it as fast, good looking and configurable as possible.
FVWM is a very popular virtual window manager. It has been used as a base for many other window managers, two of which are included here on Skunkware. FVWM is fast, configurable, and highly usable. It seems, recently, to be less well supported than its derivatives, but it is still a popular and useful window manager.
This is a hack on the original FVWM code, and was designed to make X11 look more like Windows 95. This only really helps with the borders and window decorations, but it does add a start bar which is quite similar to Windows 95.
Last Updated: Friday Mar 19, 1999 at 08:43:23 PST
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