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Window managers are essential to any X installation. While X draws the window, it relies
on a window manager to move, resize, minimize, or maximize the window.
This section covers some of the window managers included in openSUSE and describes
how they work. Like the desktop environments, window managers can be quite customizable
and offer several goodies on their own.
Why Run a Window Manager?
The following are a few reasons to know at least one window manager, even if you
normally run a full desktop environment:
. Window managers are generally lightweight; they don??™t take a long time to load and
don??™t suck up memory.
. If you just need X to connect to a remote machine and move some files, you don??™t
need to load all the libraries for all the KDE utilities.
. If you ever have to connect to a remote X server halfway around the world on a
phone line that transfers data at 33Kbps on a good day, knowing how to navigate in
a window manager can save time and your sanity.
. Window managers tend to focus on performance at the expense of eye candy.


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