Using the X Window system

The X-Window system system is the principal windowing system used with the Unix operating system. X-Windows is available only to users with access to workstations.

The way your screen looks and works depends on which window manager you select:

• The most commonly used window managers are twm and tvtwm. They have similar features, but tvtwm manages a ``virtual'' desktop that is much larger than the screen.
• The Open Look window manager (olwm), and the virtual variant of that system, olvwm. See also openwin.

For more information, see the TCC publication Using and customizing the X window system (a PostScript file).

Last updated: 1997/05/22 02:51:30 UT
URL: http://www.nmt.edu/tcc/help/unix/xwindows.html