I choose to install Window Maker as the Window Manager. This is because I've used WindowMaker for quite a while now and I'm very satisfied with it. As usual, you don't have to do what I'm doing; install whatever you want. As you might know, you can install several Window Managers simultaneously and choose which one to start by specifying it in the $HOME/.xinitrc (or $HOME/.xsession in case you decide to use xdm) file.
I was meaning to use KDE instead of WindowMaker but I can't get KDE to compile using gcc-2.95.2 (at least I think it's to be blamed on gcc-2.95.2). I'll wait for KDE2 to be released and hope that version does compile.
Unpack the libPropList archive and install it by running:
./configure
make
make install
Unpack the libXpm archive and install it by running:
xmkmf
make Makefiles
make includes
make depend
cd lib
make
make install
cd ..
make
make install
Unpack the libpng archive and install it by running:
./configure
make
make install
Unpack the libtiff archive and install it by running:
./configure
make
make install
Unpack the libjpeg archive and install it by running:
./configure --enable-shared --enable-static
make
make install
Unpack the libungif archive and install it by running:
./configure
make
make install
Unpack the WindowMaker archive and install it by running:
./configure
make
make install
Every user who wishes to use WindowMaker has to run the wmaker.inst script before he or she can use it. This script will copy the necessary files into the user's home directory and modify the $HOME/.xinitrc file (or create it if it's not there yet).
Setup WindowMaker for yourself by running:
wmaker.inst