From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 24 16:49:56 2007 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 51E3716A419 for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:49:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from punosevac@math.arizona.edu) Received: from smtp102.math.arizona.edu (smtp102.math.arizona.edu [128.196.102.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 445F713C47E for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:49:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from punosevac@math.arizona.edu) Received: from Debian-exim by smtp102.math.arizona.edu with local-bsmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IvyCI-000374-Sf for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:49:44 -0700 Received: from 71-220-154-82.tcsn.qwest.net ([71.220.154.82] helo=.domain.actdsltmp) by smtp102.math.arizona.edu with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.50) id 1IvyC2-00036a-Em; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:49:22 -0700 Message-ID: <4748560C.1080608@math.arizona.edu> Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:49:16 -0700 From: Predrag Punosevac User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070916) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" References: <4746A090.9080400@gmail.com> <4746B553.1000600@math.arizona.edu> <14989d6e0711230502q712e0282tadeea4062640624c@mail.gmail.com> <47482F22.1030705@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <47482F22.1030705@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ACL-Warn: The HELO/EHLO greeting .domain.actdsltmp is invalid X-Outgoing-Spam-Score: -5.9 (-----) Cc: Christian Walther , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: (off topic?) Best desktop 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, 24 Nov 2007 16:49:56 -0000 Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Christian Walther wrote: > >> On 23/11/2007, Predrag Punosevac wrote: >> >>> Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: >>> >> [...] >> >>> I like to make my own "desktop". >>> >>> >> Sounds familiar. :-) >> >>> Predrag's Recipe for Desktop Happiness: >>> >>> Take OpenBox3, Xfce4-panel, Rox-filer & feh +applications you like like. >>> Edit .xsession as follows >>> >>> > > Well I pretty much went this way: > > abrwm (evilwm) (tinywm didn't have vwindows), fbpanel, xv, idesk, > transset-dt, I have not selected a fm yet... For the most part I > really like it (lean and mean) but one feature that several my apps > support is transparent windows but seems abrwm for what ever reason > doesn't support this and will completely ignore any windows with it... > so I am looking for the next smallest wm that can do virtual windows > and transparency... I know openbox, ion, xfwm all can do it but want > something even lighter. > > There is a very good review of all available WM http://xwinman.org/ I checked once and I think more or less all of them are ported to FreeBSD. Have you pick. Be happy:-) Cheers Predra > - -- > Aryeh M. Friedman > Developer, not business, friendly > http://www.flosoft-systems.com > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFHSC8iJ9+1V27SttsRAjSlAJwKuH5e+KpZDAcs84aRUf5ErR6U9wCgjV5T > tg8/85bPgfU31cqWeWdFJiQ= > =Wfbh > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >