Alternatives like twm , mwm , fvwm , etc., are available. It is up to you to fiddle around with the default settings which can be found by looking at the configuration files for each window manager. The command which fvwm for example might provide a clue as to where the system configuration for fvwm is stored. The menus will help you get to most common applications with your mouse. Using the menus, you can customize your screen, set background colors, save your window settings, and have applications launched automatically when you log in.
Online help is available as well.
This feature allows you to organize your windows in a neat way so that one window does not obscure another. One important skill you must possess, if you don't already, is surfing the Web. More and more stuff is being made available over the web these days. The Web browser available on our machine is Netscape and should be reachable via the menus on our system. Since Netscape is a big application, you should usually only run one copy of it.