Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 20:16:19 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Christian Barthel <bc@nyx.user-mode.org> Subject: Re: Alternative windowmanagers Message-ID: <201108202016.19789.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <20110805191214.GA19848@kar.user-mode.org> References: <20110805191214.GA19848@kar.user-mode.org>
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Hi, On Saturday 06 August 2011 02:12:14 Christian Barthel wrote: > > 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. > what else can he do? He already wrote a kernel for them. Should he now also write a WM for them? > As a Gnome 2.3x user too, I am also a bit nervouse. Gnome 3 is a big Stick with it. It seems to me that this version will be available for several years from now. > 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 use Blackbox since many years. I check others once in a while but nothing can catch my attention like Blackbox. One huge plus point for me came only recently to light. I needed many workspaces to be able to switch easy between some 150 technical documents. Not even XFCE would allow me this but Blackbox did. Anyway, I think you are on the right track. Check some out. Keep them for some days and keep finally what does not come into your way very often. Erich
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