Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:52:38 +0100 From: ashish@FreeBSD.org (Ashish SHUKLA) To: Christian Barthel <bc@nyx.user-mode.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternative windowmanagers Message-ID: <877h6riqk9.fsf@marseilles.france> In-Reply-To: <20110805191214.GA19848@kar.user-mode.org> (Christian Barthel's message of "Fri, 5 Aug 2011 21:12:14 %2B0200") References: <20110805191214.GA19848@kar.user-mode.org>
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--=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Christian Barthel writes: > Hello,=20 > 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.=20 > 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.=20 > 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.=20 > Are there any other window manager worth looking?=20 > What is your window manager?=20 If you want efficient window manager (i.e. can be operated using keybinding= s), and you're into tiling window managers, then you can try Xmonad[1], or awesome[2] window manager. OR if you don't want tiling window manager, then you can try Fluxbox and customize with keybindings, and it works great. References: [1] http://www.xmonad.org/ [2] http://awesome.naquadah.org/ HTH =2D-=20 Ashish SHUKLA | GPG: F682 CDCC 39DC 0FEA E116 20B6 C746 CFA9 E74F A4B0 freebsd.org!ashish | http://people.freebsd.org/~ashish/ Avoid Success At All Costs !! --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJOPEoKAAoJEMdGz6nnT6SwjuUP/1kqYtKvu6rGBm2k6gHPOfTl 2cnqaBiopiHkg3ZryCnOPmfj2MACU8KUumAv/1iwDNxavKqNmHPphcb7tk2AmM8f g6Lm1MW7cOvszpdxkzP0Xgcb/EUI1k5KKXcrH//yL9s8xjeYledIpPLlgJRNfMDQ EMwIc/HenJAy+ToPuA6hgwVb9kVBwzHHhbH/uizWRG/ocqtMgV6rv0F+jUO7ww6X 8S1hLxRUwCcaCBJSJ+UP7wuaPwcB6MZSlzecUxK18SZeARgSDYPQueMRnjZp8l8Z 39FnF3L9xtOCyFyTA8rzBs7sCOSOPpeV3NIduHVinFeUSrus8w2CDh0ZrbxlyHWj EFFcawVU/Amj/7wpMAvRkrRbdhnpcB+t8OdnDN91EHNwiUfq32MUsGQ/aNqgl910 DeMMsrbLQvSbWvm+KJ61cj+luyqW0UmqhCY9cMUP8mor0t074S6ksMVPvIePHeju sfrUNuvnDoQc+EI2vGxDonW+lWwO58EL2X+/Ye0JO6gC2WYxwhGoMQznlH5VLUwe F0DCjwztDB0Zx8rRMT15zj/Vs9Mz+e3upPwl/I0kMVuWtGzoZ3/yD5Cu2foyW7sA uNo17yNKZVYL6ajnfWlDsoMuK8ujPieOySEKkhYaBxlalHZootwghR8KLHS99iGN cNi0/qeOXR2O4Qji0Bdt =B/N2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--
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