Using vtwm

What is VTWM

vtwm is a window manager for the X Window System. It provides titlebars, shaped windows, several forms of icon management, user-defined macro functions, click-to-type and pointer-driven keyboard focus, and user-specified key and pointer button bindings.

Setting up the VTWM window manager:

  • Find these two files in home directory: .xinitrc and .Xsession
  • Make sure to include this line at the end of both files: vtwm>/dev/null 2>&1
  • Change permission of the two files to executable using: chmod u+x .xinitrc and chmod u+x .Xsession
  • Log out of current session
  • At the login prompt, click option and choose custom
  • Go back to the login prompt and login as usual
  • Your running program will be listed at the top left corner
  • To access main menu, left click and hold on the desktop
  • To log out, left click and hold on exit and click quit