From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Oct 31 20:41:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA29726 for chat-outgoing; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 20:41:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat) Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.117]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA29721 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 20:41:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chuckr@glue.umd.edu) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA24743; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 22:39:36 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: picnic.mat.net: chuckr owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 22:39:35 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@picnic.mat.net To: Greg Lehey cc: Stephane Raimbault , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Prefered X Window Manager? In-Reply-To: <19971101144710.52462@lemis.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 1 Nov 1997, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Thu, Oct 30, 1997 at 10:12:55PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: > > On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Stephane Raimbault wrote: > > > >> So, I'm just wondering what Window Manager some of you use. I am currently > >> using twm which comes with XFree86. > > > > I use fvwm2, and I've noticed most of my (local) friends do too. Dunno > > what most use here on the list, they're too far away to visit! > > > > Most of the newer WM's out there are modifications (in some form) of fvwm. > > I use fvwm2 as well. It's also the window manager that I describe in > detail in the second edition of "The Complete FreeBSD". Well, I'm putting it off a little while, but it sure does look like afterstep is getting pretty close to being ready for prime time. I like functionality, fvwm2 had it in spades, but afterstep is getting very close. > > Greg > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------