Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 07:47:19 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> Cc: Stephane Raimbault <stephane@cybersurf.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Prefered X Window Manager? Message-ID: <199710311547.HAA04873@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 31 Oct 1997 09:36:24 EST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.971031093110.4950D-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>
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I think the multimedia types will prefer "Elightenment" 8) Cheers, Amancio > On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Stephane Raimbault wrote: > > > So, I'm just wondering what Window Manager some of you use. I am currently > > using twm which comes with XFree86. > > I'm using qvwm at the moment. It offers a more faithful > win95-style interface than fvwm95. It is also one of the few not > derived from twm or fvwm and despite being written in C++ it is > actually smaller than any of the fvwm derivatives I've tried. > Also, not be a hacked version of a hacked version of a hacked > version of twm, the source code is quite clear should you want to > look at it. > > Once or twice a month it blows up on me but my xsession falls > back to mwm when that happens. (Interesting challenge: can > anyone find a window manager that consumes MORE memory, or has > FASTER memory leaks than mwm?) > > -john >
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