From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 31 19:30:25 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 C3B89106564A for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:30:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fish.kungfu@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79F028FC17 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:30:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws18 with SMTP id 18so1119837vws.13 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:30:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=hBbKEp1WX/w6bndUt5XCFOu8/20krWJI8O+YFd79C+c=; b=oh6YNWUwDWZ8GgcLTSgMm2DYyjLMtVfKsUIwkoTB+YtNVKvAsZPyYi4iNr5JiUMYpz 1DIZXTmSkTuVcANnHZ6VIJvDaAmz+YI9JxKcuwK7ldeLXrRXTkAaHgGe239WaLdYCHZt 2hpYYVNmMOd+sVSMjHr1svwN6lN4DRLg/66HU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.23.52 with SMTP id j20mr808183vdf.24.1314819024627; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:30:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.159.132 with HTTP; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:30:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.159.132 with HTTP; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:30:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110831182545.GA66284@epic.fisix.net> References: <20110805191214.GA19848@kar.user-mode.org> <20110831182545.GA66284@epic.fisix.net> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:30:23 -0400 Message-ID: From: Fish Kungfu To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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 19:30:25 -0000 +11 for ScrotWM On Aug 31, 2011 2:57 PM, "Aaron Kaufman" wrote: > Christian, > > As far as tiling window managers go I highly recommend Scrotwm > [x11-wm/scrotwm]. The configuration is straight forward and getting it up and > 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, > >> 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. > >> 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. > >> 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. > >> Are there any other window manager worth looking? > >> What is your window manager? > > >> -- >> Christian Barthel > >> Public-Key: http://bc.user-mode.org/bc.asc >> Mail: bc@nyx.user-mode.org >> Web: http://bc.user-mode.org