Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 15:45:10 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> Cc: chuckr@Glue.umd.edu, stephane@cybersurf.net, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Prefered X Window Manager? Message-ID: <19971101154510.10913@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199711010511.AAA08464@dyson.iquest.net>; from John S. Dyson on Sat, Nov 01, 1997 at 12:10:55AM -0500 References: <19971101144710.52462@lemis.com> <199711010511.AAA08464@dyson.iquest.net>
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On Sat, Nov 01, 1997 at 12:10:55AM -0500, John S. Dyson wrote: > Greg Lehey said: >> On Thu, Oct 30, 1997 at 10:12:55PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: >>> 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 use fvwm2, and I've noticed most of my (local) friends do too. Dunno >>> what most use here on the list, they're too far away to visit! >>> >>> Most of the newer WM's out there are modifications (in some form) of fvwm. >> >> I use fvwm2 as well. It's also the window manager that I describe in >> detail in the second edition of "The Complete FreeBSD". > > I also agree with fvwm2 as a suggestion (I generally like fvwm*.) Other > interesting WM's (IMO) are ctwm and gwm. Gwm is more more of a curiosity > to me, but some likely really like it. Yes, there are plenty of interesting wms, and I thought a lot before choosing it. A good alternative would be something like fvwm95, but I decided that if I was going to plunge newbies into FreeBSD, I didn't want to make it look like Windoze 95%. The main reason for the chapter was to give enough perspective to make it interesting for people to install X and do something halfway interesting with it. *Then*, if they have any curiosity, they'll go and do their own thing (and probably think me strange for the defaults I suggested :-) Greg
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