Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 23:27:29 -0500 From: ajm <ajm91qw@sbcglobal.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Window Manager Recommendations Message-ID: <20060909042729.GA1160@powerfull.bsd> In-Reply-To: <20060909040251.GU27121@zloy.stilyagin.com> References: <20060909024946.92342.qmail@web50403.mail.yahoo.com> <20060909034653.GT27121@zloy.stilyagin.com> <45023A89.5040108@makeworld.com> <20060909040251.GU27121@zloy.stilyagin.com>
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On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 09:02:51PM -0700, Darrin Chandler wrote: > On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 10:52:41PM -0500, Chris wrote: > > > > > > If that's really a major goal then look into ion3 or ratpoison. I've > > > been using ion3 for quite a while now and I'm happy. > > > > > > (you probably won't like it, though, coming from Windows) > > > > > > > I prefer XFCE4 > > > > Darrin - if possible, could you provide screenshots? > > http://www.modeemi.fi/~tuomov/ion/ is the ion3 home page, with some > screenshots toward the bottom. It's somewhat spartan, but if you want > something that stays out of your way then it's very nice. It's like an X > version of screen, on steroids. :) > Try this website: http://xwinman.org/ It will give an idea of what is out there. If you are looking for a lot of bells and whistles...try KDE or Gnome. I personally like Fluxbox. http://fluxbox.org/ You have to remember that window managers/desktops are like ice-cream... some people perfer one flavor over another. So give some a try... -- FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE i386 GENERIC
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