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This is an old revision of WindowManagers made by darkcity on 2011-12-24 04:06:38.
Window Managers
The Window Manager is the layer between X windows and the DesktopEnvironments desktop environment. Window managers (WM) control the placement & appearance of windows. The default in Puppy is JWM is very light and basic but effective. If you imagine a computer system as a series of layers it would look something like this:
Hardware < Operating System < Window System < Window Manager < Desktop Environment
for Puppy the default is JWM or OpenBox:
Hardware < Linux < X Windows < JWM or OpenBox
(JWM or OpenBox also act as the Desktop Environment.)
List of Window Managers
Beryl - has special effects
Compiz - has special effects
CompizFusion Compiz-Fusion - has special effects
Metisse - has special effects
ProjectLookingGlass Project Looking Glass - has special effects
XFWM - has special effects
