FreeBSD6 Unleashed

Window Managers

The window manager controls how the graphical environment looks and works. In what is perhaps the most easily visible demonstration of the dynamics of the open-source software development community, rather than a single window management system being “blessed” for FreeBSD as would occur in a commercial operating system, dozens of different window managers are available for X11, as diverse in individual behaviors as the tastes of the people using them. Most window managers support “themes” as a central feature, allowing the user to swap out interface elements for new ones, so your user experience is almost infinitely customizable even within a single window manager. If you don’t like the way X11 looks or feels, you can either ...