Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 19:19:12 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: David Leimbach <leimbacd@bellsouth.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a fast windows manager? Message-ID: <15190.10112.605392.523694@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <48082754@toto.iv>
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> On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 09:10:50PM -0700, Bsd Newbie wrote: > > > > I have an inexpensive bookpc that uses the SiS630 > > chipset. It's pulling 16mb from the system ram... > > > > The problem with this chipset is it's incredibly slow. > > > > I've tried KDE and Gnome which crawl along. Is there > > a windows manager that looks more like CDE and is much > > faster than these two? I've fixed the top-posting. Please don't do that here. David Leimbach <leimbacd@bellsouth.net> types: > Try WindowMaker or BlackBox. Lite and fast! :) > > WindowMaker is involved in the GNUStep collection which seems to be of growing > popularity as it has libraries that can be coded in objective C. This is > also similar to the NextStep stuff that works on Mac OSX! > > BlackBox is just plain fast :). But if you are one of those people who hate > C++ and everything that comes out of it don't use it... BlackBox is 100% C++ > code. I haven't added my favorite - lwm - because it isn't much like CDE. If you're interested in working on a window manager and don't want C++, you might give it a look. It's a minimalist window manager - one button in the window decorations and one menu are all the controls it provides - but the code is 100% C, and all very clean. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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