From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Jun 24 19:26:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA24728 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 19:26:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [205.153.153.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA24609 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 19:25:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fewtch@serv.net) Received: from desktop-pentium (dialup511.serv.net [207.207.70.76]) by mx.serv.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA18676; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 19:25:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980624192451.00804100@mx.serv.net> X-Sender: fewtch@mx.serv.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 19:24:51 -0700 To: Jukka Simila From: Tim Gerchmez Subject: Re: Fave Window Manager... found it. Cc: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <3.0.5.32.19980624041543.00805100@mx.serv.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 03:33 PM 6/24/98 +0300, Jukka Simila wrote: >in fact i don't use virtual desktops :) (aren't the v desktops the most >important advantage in ctwm compared to twm..? ..nae, who cares) I'll tell you a little secret - I don't use them very often either... but they're nice to have available if needed. I just have a block of four set up in the Fvwm2 pager, and that's all I need, period, end of story. >i don't miss any modules i remember from fvwm2 .. You don't remember the 'buttons' module, the pager, the audio module for sound, the iconbox module so you get icons when you minimize programs inside a box instead of floating all over the desktop? Also, I found an addon for Fvwm2 the other day called "Tkgoodstuff" that adds a bunch more modules. You should take a look at my desktop BTW, it's starting to look pretty darn good... One of these days I'll get a program that takes screen shots, and put one up on my web site :-) >what is an advanced BSD user? (my friend is an system administrator in a >company .. they have fbsd and he has fbsd at home also.. and he uses ctwm. >i think his motto is: simple is beautiful :) (btw - that's why i got ctwm -, i >totally fell in love with it's outlook and feel at my friend) Glad YOU found the Window manager you like. Me, I wanted something not quite so simple, yet not something outrageously complex like KDE. So, in conclusion, there are at least 50 different window managers available just in the packages, and probably a hundred more from other sources, it's a big world, so I'm glad that both of us found what we were looking for! >btw.. sorry my english (if someone noticed it was english :) Actually your English is quite good... I've seen a heck of a lot worse :-) -- My web site starts at http://www.serv.net/~fewtch/index.html - lots of goodies for everyone, have a look if you have the time. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message