From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 2 05:04:28 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA11397 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 05:04:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpha.comkey.com.au (alpha.comkey.com.au [203.9.152.215]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id FAA11379 for ; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 05:04:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjb@comkey.com.au) Received: (qmail 2064 invoked by uid 1001); 2 Feb 1999 13:00:51 -0000 Message-ID: <19990202130051.2063.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au> X-Posted-By: GBA-Post 1.03 20-Sep-1998 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 5A91 6942 8CEA 9DAB B95B C249 1CE1 493B 2B5A CE30 Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 23:00:51 +1000 From: Greg Black To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Window Managers for XFree Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I've been playing with some of the window managers available for FreeBSD-2.2.8 and am leaning towards gwm for its flexibility and the nice feature of being able to control everything with little snippets of lisp. However, I'm finding that it has a tendency to freeze at times, leading to great frustration for users with little experience of these things. I'd be interested to hear from anybody who uses gwm and knows what things should be avoided if it is to be reliable enough for ordinary users. I'm also interested in recommendations of other window managers that work well under 2.2.8 -- but they must offer multiple virtual screens in a fashion that is simple to navigate (which is wmaker falls down badly) and they must be very configurable. Thanks in advance for any useful pointers. -- Greg Black To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message