Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:07:45 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GUI Suggested? Message-ID: <20100923160745.GA18043@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1009222147140.74466@wonkity.com> References: <3368057398-783131724@intranet.com.mx> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1009222147140.74466@wonkity.com>
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--vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 09:57:46PM -0600, Warren Block wrote: >=20 > You don't have to choose one of those, there are lots of varied window=20 > managers, and advocates for each. There's an overview here on fd.o: > http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Desktops. Many of those are in ports. That's a much shorter list than I would have expected to find. This offers an incomplete (but longer) list of window managers, all of which are copyfree licensed: http://copyfree.org/software/#WM What I have been using for a few years is actually first in alphabetical order there -- AHWM. It is quite minimal and fast, with great keyboard shortcut support (a necessity, given that it's intended to be primarily keyboard driven). A much more comprehensive list of window managers is the Comprehensive List of Window Managers for Unix: http://www.gilesorr.com/wm/table.html KDE, GNOME, and XFCE are more than window managers -- they are "desktop environments". Some people like that kind of bloat . . . err, I mean "that kind of feature-richness". Other examples include GNUstep (which uses WindowMaker as its default window manager) and Enlightenment. If I *had* to choose a complete DE, rather than just a window manager, I'd probably go with Enlightenment. Since I don't have to, though, I stick with something *truly* lightweight like AHWM. Your mileage may vary, of course. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkybe1EACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKVOVACeLcyZHvuz3eU3nmXXOK5yNN+K c4UAoMKzno4Lt9aP1kYzp/JsileTKZuc =b8lM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL--
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