Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 02:28:14 -0400 From: Isaac Mushinsky <imush@mail.ru> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a fast windows manager? Message-ID: <01071902281400.00303@omsk.mushinsky.net> In-Reply-To: <15190.10112.605392.523694@guru.mired.org> References: <15190.10112.605392.523694@guru.mired.org>
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I personally prefer IceWM. Very fast and highly configurable. Links in yo= ur=20 KDE menus too. On Wednesday 18 July 2001 20:19, Mike Meyer wrote: > > 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 o= f > > growing popularity as it has libraries that can be coded in objective= C.=20 > > 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 wh= o > > 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. > > =09<mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>=09=09=09http://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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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