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A Window Manager is a service on most modern OSes which provides the UI for manipulating the location and sizes of windows.

A Window Manager is a service on most modern operating systems which provides the UI for manipulating the location and sizes of windows. Some go further, and provide the ability to open or close applications, and display applets.

For example, since Vista, Microsoft Windows has used Desktop Window Manager to handle the display and composition of windows.

The many desktop environments available for Unix/Linux, such as GNOME (Mutter) and KDE (KWin), all provide window managers, among other software.

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How to run a java GUI at startup in IceWM?

I have been trying to run java based GUI onBoot in IceWM linux, tried to run it through different runlevels..rc3, rc4, and rc5 but couldn't run it. here what I am trying.. sudo java -jar /path/to/jar in a /etc/init.d/script and linking it like sudo…
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Edittext text not visible if window title is removed

In my application if window title is removed all edittext are not visible in activity which is of dialog theme. I'm not getting why this is happening. XML FILE-
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How to open window with defined path from perl?

I have a task with these requirements: On Ubuntu 12.04, I need to open an instance of Nautilus (file manager) with a defined path which is set in the Perl script by an user. Are there any approaches to do it? Thanks for a response. UPD And is it…
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Changing display resolution ingame practices

Question : What are the uses of changing display resolution in full screen mode in GAMES and should it be allowed? More info : The way i see it, Privilege perspective : When you request your window manager for a window context, you also have the…
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