From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 6 17:47:50 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 EA2C81065672 for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2011 17:47:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rodperson@rodperson.com) Received: from www6.pairlite.com (www6.pairlite.com [64.130.10.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C77AB8FC15 for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2011 17:47:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from atomizer (pool-72-77-28-206.pitbpa.fios.verizon.net [72.77.28.206]) by www6.pairlite.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AA92BB803; Sat, 6 Aug 2011 13:47:49 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 13:47:49 -0400 From: Rod Person To: Chad Perrin Message-Id: <20110806134749.1efef285.rodperson@rodperson.com> In-Reply-To: <20110806142639.GB48611@guilt.hydra> References: <20110805191214.GA19848@kar.user-mode.org> <20110805190825.d2cf7f06.rodperson@rodperson.com> <20110806015652.GB45455@guilt.hydra> <20110806142639.GB48611@guilt.hydra> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 17:47:51 -0000 On Sat, 6 Aug 2011 08:26:39 -0600 Chad Perrin wrote: > > > > Sorry, but why? I went with OpenBox, because it seemed like it was > > under current development, and Fluxbox is stagnant, otherwise, I > > didn't see much difference. But I do find it curious that so many > > on this thread are recommending Fluxbox, and almost no one > > OpenBox. What would be the reason? > > Fluxbox supports window tabbing. Last I checked, OpenBox did not. In > fact, amongst the 'box window managers, window tabbing is pretty much > the killer feature. > > That, and it has a better license than OpenBox. I'll agree that Fluxbox license is better. But I find OpenBox more responsive and it seem to just look better to me. I'm not a fan of tabbing so that doesn't matter to me. I've been using Openbox as my WM for 4 or 5 years, before that it was Fluxbox. -- Rod Person http://www.rodperson.com "If you are not paying for it, you're not the customer; you're the product being sold" blue beetle - MetaFilter