From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 31 18:57:01 2011 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 DE7B91065672 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:57:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aaron@aaronkaufman.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AC458FC0C for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:57:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk28 with SMTP id 28so1026949gxk.13 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:57:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.91.110.6 with SMTP id n6mr645461agm.31.1314815150950; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:25:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from epic.fisix.net (epic.fisix.net [69.162.65.194]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j30sm7494746ann.22.2011.08.31.11.25.49 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:25:49 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:25:47 -0700 From: Aaron Kaufman To: Christian Barthel Message-ID: <20110831182545.GA66284@epic.fisix.net> References: <20110805191214.GA19848@kar.user-mode.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110805191214.GA19848@kar.user-mode.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternative windowmanagers 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: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:57:01 -0000 --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Christian, As far as tiling window managers go I highly recommend Scrotwm [x11-wm/scrotwm]. The configuration is straight forward and getting it up a= nd running is a breeze. I have been happily using it for the past few years and I don't see myself going back. Just keep in mind there aren't any bells and whistles included, just how a WM should be :D Good luck, Aaron On 9:12:14PM, Christian Barthel wrote: > Hello,=20 > I read on slashdot that Linus Torvalds moved from Gnome 2.3x to Xfce. It > seems that he isn't thrilled by xfce, but it's far better than Gnome3.=20 > As a Gnome 2.3x user too, I am also a bit nervouse. Gnome 3 is a big > mistake. And there are also rumors that Gnome will be Linux only. Maybe, > we will never see Gnome3 under FreeBSD, but this is not a tragedy :) > I am not very interested in eyecandy: I want a stable and fast wm (less > memory and cpu, quick access to important places), different workspaces, > and it should be configurable with ordinary files. Of course, It must > run under FreeBSD.=20 > I sniffed into AfterStep, fvwm2 and fluxbox (I don't want to use KDE). I > think, fluxbox is a nice wm and for my future, it will be the default wm > for me. It's also very fast and easy to configure.=20 > Are there any other window manager worth looking?=20 > What is your window manager?=20 > --=20 > Christian Barthel=20 > Public-Key: http://bc.user-mode.org/bc.asc=20 > Mail: bc@nyx.user-mode.org > Web: http://bc.user-mode.org --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJOXnymAAoJEDpKF+mWgU0cs+wQANSmRFlH7L6/H6CBu549sV1X BC0EKWKTXGbCreDxM9xsKnEr5UD0kiqI7HhCkjwV7Khp6uWbRfdd1O+fdASEWP2r 4p/d3NHTP/Cw+6300gmCVOZ8azoER5iiWSPVe16Z2oc2OhKgI7EU6Yao4N4T+Nwn 6YvSMxj1WWjoa2upk2nKGdtB9nVX/J3YOs8YO/OloP2qKaPct5xrUaLQotcHJ1QG TaI9sKj/SR6JFw5OV7I/OrzIs6D2egY3T88qh3qtcmUvYvj91gCR4u+/mNRnorfc 6eSIxKr/4RBBy1FCZUAXB6kt69PTJNB1UazsHmsKWUI9Y33pkt5zBU5MXHT73pDb T58Et5BVmeCXZEY3UErCshy+Dhu2n6oybFjjQTAGosB0PrYqI0RhjNFrkB6efqIH bJsFwrGcv0yXS2a+F6/rW9V3zWZmluPnlj9IKwoOkN5obPhZLhrAXe9NxsCiFVvj t2ZG2atYc8lNMtevq65FKqM0AaTiizgSRxSVWkK20VZIrDoWj6foRSrjqXJ0QlQO HVhqu67iRx9BQxeYMN2dZjh/5uM4gtXppDQtkrggvcs42pEoxdXxRATp6TDm43k8 17+JBCoE1brQDx8CzrADemjIV3fNXHniTRmNs1vAipsFFx1dPPGOJfvwyfNT1cBr c0+3vGKqGhX9pu5MlojR =LTCa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT--