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Ubuntu Hacks: Switch to a Lighter Window Manager

Overview If there's one thing that's great about Linux, it's choice. If the user doesn't like a particular program, there's a pretty good chance that Linux has at least one alternative. This even applies to the entire desktop environment. The desktop environment comprises a lot of different programs, such as a window manager (which handles drawing borders around the windows, moving them, and so forth), panels so the user can launch programs, background-management programs, and more. The most popular of these desktop environments are GNOME and KDE. Ubuntu defaults to GNOME as its desktop environment but also offers a Kubuntu alternative that automatically defaults to KDE instead.

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Publisher	O'Reilly Media	File Format	PDF
Date Published	June 2006	Downloads	7
Format	Book chapters
Topics	Windows NT - 2000 - 2003, Linux Server OS

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