For information, examples, and documentation, please read: - man xmonad - "/usr/share/doc/xmonad-$version/xmonad.hs" (full default basic configuration) - Xmonad wiki: http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad - http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/xmonad-contrib/latest/doc/html/XMonad-Doc.html (detailed configuration information and examples) - http://xmonad.org/ website To make use of extensions, including adding Desktop support, you need to install ghc-xmonad-contrib-devel. = EWMH Desktop support = xmonad does not work well with desktop environment panels out of the box. See http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Basic_Desktop_Environment_Integration or the ghc-xmonad-contrib documentation for how to setup desktop support. == GNOME == You can override xmonad as your GNOME default window manager with: $ gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager xmonad --type string = Bluetile = New users may find the Bluetile window manager built on top of xmonad-contrib a gentler introduction to xmonad.