From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 5 19:52:16 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 9ED91106566B for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2011 19:52:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pldrouin@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f45.google.com (mail-pz0-f45.google.com [209.85.210.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7991D8FC13 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2011 19:52:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk33 with SMTP id 33so11004138pzk.18 for ; Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:52:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=k87Kutq8R0Tgjg4cnYbQ4tLWb0gjMBOFMWnM8nBY9VY=; b=n/+77bNhy1SyspTWd0hnshAL1Co4nPCEv99TdG4xxt0Zp7TG7OX01jfhwy3fE9HuS/ CTroiWrSZYqfShyjkRYH5UyLiv818zHYKQguSPNDFmO5vU1/5M7Px1J+Ot63/bwyZdOl hFgUAiAKg7DVZQVcNnHwx7w6GdVnN0MapEGko= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.143.18.5 with SMTP id v5mr2249303wfi.447.1312573935727; Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:52:15 -0700 (PDT) Sender: pldrouin@gmail.com Received: by 10.68.55.228 with HTTP; Fri, 5 Aug 2011 12:52:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110805191214.GA19848@kar.user-mode.org> References: <20110805191214.GA19848@kar.user-mode.org> Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 15:52:15 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 9zF0IO-YSJEiI1uJ-Rk8m7J7HJ0 Message-ID: From: Pierre-Luc Drouin To: Christian Barthel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:52:16 -0000 For me fluxbox is the way to go, since it is very light, has good key binding configuration and can be configured very easily. The only thing that I miss is the true transparency feature of Compiz, which can be quite useful sometimes, for example to quickly compare plots. Xfce is next on my list, since it got lots of features without being too heavy... On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 3:12 PM, 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? > > > -- > Christian Barthel > > Public-Key: http://bc.user-mode.org/bc.asc > Mail: bc@nyx.user-mode.org > Web: http://bc.user-mode.org > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >