Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2011 23:32:36 +0200 From: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternative windowmanagers Message-ID: <4E3F0474.5080207@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110805191214.GA19848@kar.user-mode.org> References: <20110805191214.GA19848@kar.user-mode.org>
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On 05/08/2011 21:12, 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? > > I *looooove* dwm for developping, I always start three terms, one for vim, one for compiling and one for manual pages :) It is my best way to write code efficiently. I also like much its features like autotagging, multitagging and direct support of non-resizeable windows. When I only use my desktop and don't want a tiled wm I'd rather use pekwm, it is fast and similar to fluxbox without a taskbar but with more features and a very easy config file syntax. Pekwm is absolutely perfect with its autoproperties, you can do almost what you want with any window :) Cheers, -- David Demelier
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