Chapter 3 (Best web hosting) . Getting into the Desktop 119
Chapter 3 . Getting into the Desktop 119 . $HOME/.xinitrc The .xinitrc file is used to let individual users set up their own desktop startup information. Any user can add a .xinitrc file to his or her own home directory. The result is that the contents of that file will override any system-wide settings. If you do create your own .xinitrc file, it should have as its last line exec windowmanager, where windowmanager is the name of your window manager; for example: exec /usr/X1R6/bin/blackbox Slackware has at least seven different window managers from which you can choose, making it a good place to try out a few. It also includes a tool called xwmconfig, which lets you change the window manager system-wide (in the /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc file). To use that tool, as the root user simply type xwmconfig from any shell on a Slackware system. Figure 3-15 shows an example of that screen. Figure 3-15: In Slackware, you can change window managers using the xwmconfig command. Select the window manager you want to try from that screen and select OK. That window manager will start the next time you run startx (provided you don t override it by creating your own .xinitrc file). Here are your choices: . Xfce (www.xfce.org) The xfce window manager is designed to be lightweight and fast. . Blackbox (www.blackboxwm.sourceforge.net) Another lightweight window manager that strives to require few library dependencies so it can run in many environments. Offers many features for setting colors and styles. . FluxBox (http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net) Based on Blackbox (0.61.1), FluxBox adds nice features such as window tabs (where you can join together multiple windows so they appear as multiple tabs on a single
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