From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 7 21:32:52 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 684131065670 for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2011 21:32:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from demelier.david@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B71E08FC14 for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2011 21:32:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyh21 with SMTP id 21so591787wyh.13 for ; Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:32:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=zzW/zjCwx/djuqIc4ZLpXbuLoLLMN6rq8Bm0pgkOQ7k=; b=QPmllXgRgbmrJ7kvyywOSdVzTZAWXd0l9JCrANkHYOXA2pTUxJ2qge3HRur6cJNcFX 6E9T0PiZafrnPim84A6kTZuIdbc+GIZWnwI1bUGoDr9cZTFnNt1DoYULmgkbh0aeqB1i 5gE4jSSPPlbgRnwvkznVhADAjem/g/3J31mDk= Received: by 10.227.57.209 with SMTP id d17mr3822665wbh.94.1312752770167; Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:32:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Melon.malikania.fr (65.21.102.84.rev.sfr.net [84.102.21.65]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id fm9sm1315667wbb.61.2011.08.07.14.32.48 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:32:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E3F0474.5080207@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2011 23:32:36 +0200 From: David Demelier User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110715 Thunderbird/5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20110805191214.GA19848@kar.user-mode.org> In-Reply-To: <20110805191214.GA19848@kar.user-mode.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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, 07 Aug 2011 21:32:52 -0000 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