From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 16 10:33:12 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F2A7106566C for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:33:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wtf.jlaine@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFBF18FC0A for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:33:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkat8 with SMTP id t8so4690695bka.13 for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:33:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent:x-operating-system; bh=lbci8mJC6LKTwjq4GrdUFfXYi80ipDpWLRfjMx9Nt6Q=; b=qI5HPOO9O7N7xIxHRAy/fRzGUi7C9b1bGGJwSn2F8JTf2h8fG6JoZjZjszL5s+M9M7 UHAoAyb8HHn4TkqpsW2QdnqmHeXzJLnN6u9Xb9/JD/HYqEY6lb+HLa3smUzQUvwC90TN 05Qm3n9aydo/YwW7mp3+j8DTaHKcJ8jDZENr4= Received: by 10.204.233.65 with SMTP id jx1mr301507bkb.55.1313489369340; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:09:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aperturelab ([194.176.96.249]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y3sm980464bkw.16.2011.08.16.03.09.25 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:09:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by aperturelab (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:09:23 +0400 Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:09:23 +0400 From: Jeff Laine To: Christian Barthel Message-ID: <20110816100923.GA86789@aperturescience.org> Mail-Followup-To: Jeff Laine , Christian Barthel , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20110805191214.GA19848@kar.user-mode.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110805191214.GA19848@kar.user-mode.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE i386 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternative windowmanagers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:33:12 -0000 On Fri,05-08-2011 [21:12:14], Christian Barthel wrote: > Hello, > > I read on slashdot that Linus Torvalds moved from Gnome 2.3x to Xfce. It > seems that he isn't thrilled by xfce, but it's far better than Gnome3. > > As a Gnome 2.3x user too, I am also a bit nervouse. Gnome 3 is a big > mistake. And there are also rumors that Gnome will be Linux only. Maybe, > we will never see Gnome3 under FreeBSD, but this is not a tragedy :) > > I am not very interested in eyecandy: I want a stable and fast wm (less > memory and cpu, quick access to important places), different workspaces, > and it should be configurable with ordinary files. Of course, It must > run under FreeBSD. > > I sniffed into AfterStep, fvwm2 and fluxbox (I don't want to use KDE). I > think, fluxbox is a nice wm and for my future, it will be the default wm > for me. It's also very fast and easy to configure. > > Are there any other window manager worth looking? > > What is your window manager? > > > -- > Christian Barthel Whenever I need simple, fast, neat and bloat-free working environment, I usually go with openbox. Cheers! -- Jeff L.