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@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Set xorg and a desktop environment fast.
## NO DE
To use a window manager without any desktop environment, or even a login manager, you can just install the applications mentioned here. Which are:
To use a window manager without any desktop environment, or even a login manager, you can just install the applications mentioned here and edit the _".xinitrc"_ file with the appro. The required applications are:
* Ratpoison
* Xbindkeys
* hsetroot or imagemagick (or replace it in _".xinitrc"_ with your preferred wallpaper changer)
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* dmenu
* Whatever you want on your _".ratpoisonrc"_
After that you login and simply type:
`startx`
whenever you want to start X.
Next is an example _".xinitrc"_ file which goes under your home directory:
```
# load your preferred terminal settings
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# launch the window manager (needs to be done at the end)
exec dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session ratpoison
```
After that you login and simply type:
`startx`
whenever you want to start X.
## RATPOISON
Productive, automated, scriptable, and minimal, Ratpoison is a strict tiling window manager using similar bindings to GNU Screen. A few of its benefits are.