Люди, как называется такое нечто, короче ещё хуже чем флукс и блэкбокс сразу после установки. Один раз только видел, захотелось ещё себе нервы пощекотать. :)
Нееееее... Даже рядом не лежало. twm, fvwm, fvwm2, fvwm95, icewm это всё не то. Ну про windowmaker, afterstep и т.д. даже и говорить не надо. Нет, что-то было ещё ТАКОЕ. И точно не ratpoison.
> 3. I installed Sawfish but it's not working! All I see when I start X is the default stipple background: no programs, no menus, no pager.
This is exactly what it's supposed to do. Sawfish is a _window manager_ and as such is not responsible for setting the background, starting programs or displaying a pager--these can all be done using separate applications (e.g. by using a desktop environment such as GNOME).
The default menu binding is somewhat obscure; you must middle-click on the background to bring up the menus. (If you have a two-button mouse, try clicking both buttons simultaneously)
If, after reading this, you still think that sawfish isn't working, please send mail describing the problem to the sawfish mailing list <sawfish-list@gnome.org>