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Date:      Thu, 19 Jul 2001 02:28:14 -0400
From:      Isaac Mushinsky <imush@mail.ru>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: a fast windows manager?
Message-ID:  <01071902281400.00303@omsk.mushinsky.net>
In-Reply-To: <15190.10112.605392.523694@guru.mired.org>
References:  <15190.10112.605392.523694@guru.mired.org>

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I personally prefer IceWM. Very fast and highly configurable. Links in yo=
ur=20
KDE menus too.

On Wednesday 18 July 2001 20:19, Mike Meyer wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 09:10:50PM -0700, Bsd Newbie wrote:
> > > I have an inexpensive bookpc that uses the SiS630
> > > chipset.  It's pulling 16mb from the system ram...
> > >
> > > The problem with this chipset is it's incredibly slow.
> > >
> > > I've tried KDE and Gnome which crawl along.  Is there
> > > a windows manager that looks more like CDE and is much
> > > faster than these two?
>
> I've fixed the top-posting. Please don't do that here.
>
> David Leimbach <leimbacd@bellsouth.net> types:
> > Try WindowMaker or BlackBox.  Lite and fast! :)
> >
> > WindowMaker is involved in the GNUStep collection which seems to be o=
f
> > growing popularity as it has libraries that can be coded in objective=
 C.=20
> > This is also similar to the NextStep stuff that works on Mac OSX!
> >
> > BlackBox is just plain fast :). But if you are one of those people wh=
o
> > hate C++ and everything that comes out of it don't use it... BlackBox=
 is
> > 100% C++ code.
>
> I haven't added my favorite - lwm - because it isn't much like CDE. If
> you're interested in working on a window manager and don't want C++,
> you might give it a look. It's a minimalist window manager - one
> button in the window decorations and one menu are all the controls it
> provides - but the code is 100% C, and all very clean.
>
> =09<mike
> --
> Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>=09=09=09http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/
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