[Techtalk] Window managers and desktops

[BUNTER MATTHEW]

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Gurus,

I have become completely confused by something that someone told me
regarding a window manager and a desktop 'system'.

How I understood it :
Desktop 'systems' only KDE and Gnome for Linux, can also have CDE for
Solaris
Each desktop 'system' requires a window manager to enable it to work
A window manager like Sawfish, FVWM etc creates, places, keeps track of,
and draws borders around the windows on the screen. It can't actually do
any work without a desktop 'system'.

Now I just got told that I can install just Window Maker, no need of KDE or
Gnome and this will give me 'windowing' functionality.

I only use a few apps that require a gui : gvim, Ethereal, Gnumeric,
Abiword, xpdf, Opera and/or Mozilla and of course some terminal windows.
99% of my time is spent in one of these environments.

So, can the stuff mentioned above be run with just Window Maker? Since I'm
running Gnome I'll need directions to an idiots guide to changing the
desktop if someone could point me in the right direction.

Have a good weekend,

Matt

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