From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 23 16:11:49 2010 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 D670B10656A3 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:11:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from cpoproxy2-pub.bluehost.com (cpoproxy2-pub.bluehost.com [67.222.39.38]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A04D68FC1B for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:11:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 17980 invoked by uid 0); 23 Sep 2010 16:11:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 23 Sep 2010 16:11:45 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=j0tJAX4IBIz4ObEgcKbohv41MAg7S0p4U3H5LQb2EcJL7vQ8/vYbnTMbOGp4pDxvcuI5WPWccM7Nvjre+splZI7grfsD/+OvlGKb4nq048VYYQ8xVYV+QhhLqOEWwFtW; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OyoOe-000263-J0 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:11:45 -0600 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:07:45 -0600 Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:07:45 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100923160745.GA18043@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <3368057398-783131724@intranet.com.mx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: GUI Suggested? 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: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:11:49 -0000 --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--