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| author | Christophe Lincoln <pankso@slitaz.org> |
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| date | Sat Mar 29 12:05:31 2008 +0100 (2008-03-29) |
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31 <h2><font color="#DF8F06">X Window System</font></h2>
33 <ul>
34 <li><a href="#X11">X Window System</a></li>
35 <li><a href="#slim">Slim.</a></li>
36 <li><a href="#jwm">JWM.</a></li>
37 <li><a href="#enlightenment">Enlightenment (e17).</a></li>
38 <li><a href="#openbox">Openbox.</a></li>
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41 <a name="X11"></a>
42 <h3>X11 - X Window System</h3>
43 <p>
44 The X Window System or X11 provides a window manager running on
45 top of a X server. SliTaz uses by default the lightweight X server called
46 <code>Xvesa</code> from the Xorg project (<a href="http://www.x.org/">www.x.org</a>).
47 Xvesa can be started with the Slim login manager or directly from a Linux console
48 with the command <code>startx</code>, but for this you must first disable the
49 Login Manager. To reconfigure your X session you can use <code>tazx</code>
50 as root or as the current user if you start X from the command line.
51 </p>
53 <a name="slim"></a>
54 <h3>Slim - Simple Login Manager</h3>
55 <p>
56 Slim is a lightweight session manager that is very easy to configure and is
57 customizable using system themes. The configuration file is found in
58 <code>/etc/slim.conf</code>, it defines window managers available via the
59 <code>F1</code> key, the default user or theme and the X window system parameters.
60 Slim offers special users commands like <code>console</code> to help manage
61 the session.
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64 In LiveCD mode you can disable Slim with the boot option <code>screen=text</code>.
65 On an installed system you can remove the package or delete slim from the
66 <code>RUN_DAEMONS</code> variable in <code>/etc/rcS.conf</code>.
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69 More details and themes can be found on the
70 <a href="http://slim.berlios.de">website.</a>
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73 <a name="jwm"></a>
74 <h3>JWM - Window manager</h3>
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76 JWM (Joe's Window Manger) is a lightweight Window Manager, easy to use, fast,
77 stable and insanely configurable. The menu and theme can all be changed from a
78 single configuration file found in your home directory: <code>~/.jwmrc</code>,
79 the file uses XML syntax and the code is nicely colored if you use Geany to
80 edit it. To add an entry in the menu you can use the following example:
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82 <pre class="script">
83 <Program icon="kino.png" label="Kino (Video Editor)">kino</Program>
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85 <p>
86 The <a href="http://www.joewing.net/programs/jwm/config.shtml">JWM Web site</a>
87 has got more information on how to configure the application to your needs
88 and preferences.
89 </p>
91 <a name="enlightenment"></a>
92 <h3>Enlightenment (e17)</h3>
93 <p>
94 Enlightenment aka e17 is a lightweight and fast desktop environment that can be
95 configured graphically. To install e17:
96 </p>
97 <pre> # tazpkg get-install enlightenment
98 </pre>
99 <p>
100 Logout your current X session, type <code>F1</code> at Slim login and choose
101 <code>e17</code> to start Enlightenment.
102 </p>
104 <a name="openbox"></a>
105 <h3>Openbox</h3>
106 <p>
107 Openbox is a lightweight window manager than can be configured using the obconf
108 utility. To install openbox:
109 </p>
110 <pre># tazpkg get-install openbox
111 # tazpkg get-install obconf
112 </pre>
113 <p>
114 Logout your current X session, type <code>F1</code> at Slim login and choose
115 <code>openbox</code> to start Openbox. To make Openbox your default Window
116 Manager just type: <code>tazx openbox</code>.
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119 Note: you can also use the configuration file <code>menu.xml</code> found
120 in <code>/etc/xdg/openbox</code> to edit menu items. Here's an example using
121 Htop:
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124 <item label="Htop">
125 <action name="Execute"><command>xterm -e htop</command></action>
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129 More information can be found on the
130 <a href="http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/Help:Menus">openbox</a> site.
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