Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:09:23 +0400 From: Jeff Laine <wtf.jlaine@gmail.com> To: Christian Barthel <bc@nyx.user-mode.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternative windowmanagers Message-ID: <20110816100923.GA86789@aperturescience.org> In-Reply-To: <20110805191214.GA19848@kar.user-mode.org> References: <20110805191214.GA19848@kar.user-mode.org>
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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.
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