From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 21 00:00:37 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 37B3A1065672 for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:00:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com) Received: from alogreentechnologies.com (alogreentechnologies.com [67.212.226.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 035598FC18 for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:00:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from amd620.ovitrap.com ([49.128.188.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by alogreentechnologies.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p7KNRuAV001818; Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:28:03 -0600 From: Erich Dollansky To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 20:16:19 +0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/8.2-STABLE; KDE/4.5.4; amd64; ; ) References: <20110805191214.GA19848@kar.user-mode.org> In-Reply-To: <20110805191214.GA19848@kar.user-mode.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201108202016.19789.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> Cc: Christian Barthel 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: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:00:37 -0000 Hi, On Saturday 06 August 2011 02:12:14 Christian Barthel wrote: > > 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. > what else can he do? He already wrote a kernel for them. Should he now also write a WM for them? > As a Gnome 2.3x user too, I am also a bit nervouse. Gnome 3 is a big Stick with it. It seems to me that this version will be available for several years from now. > 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 use Blackbox since many years. I check others once in a while but nothing can catch my attention like Blackbox. One huge plus point for me came only recently to light. I needed many workspaces to be able to switch easy between some 150 technical documents. Not even XFCE would allow me this but Blackbox did. Anyway, I think you are on the right track. Check some out. Keep them for some days and keep finally what does not come into your way very often. Erich